DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Power Rangers. I do, however, own the characters/places of Gahaleigh, Belstan, Denlione, the Tinneanites, Angelina Gomez, Andie Pridgen, Katie Oliver, Anthony (also known as Tony/Andy) Viktor, Keema, Win, Alexa, Daniel, the planet Denlar, Garrett Till, Kasi Freedmon, Principal Wingard, Anderson Marks, Alison Hutchinson, Dr. Vestwick, Leza, Phillip, gogmors, anondrones, Alegia, Maddie Viktor, Edward Viktor, Patsy Viktor, Teresa Scott, Kevin Scott, and Mrs. Henderson.
"Hayley...Hayley...knock, knock," Kim said as she rapped on the front door and heard someone shuffle towards the door.
"Hey," Hayley said weakly, as she opened the door and let them into the house. "Did Jason send you?"
"No, Tommy did," Kim said with a smile as she followed Hayley into the living room, as Anthony shut the door and locked it. "He seems to think that this is the best."
"It's not so great," Hayley said as she sat down on the couch and just shook her head. "Every test they have done is within normal range, even when Jason was gone. I don't know what could be causing this."
"You know, Billy might have the answer to all of this. You've been around rangers, it may have affected you, somehow. We've never had anyone be pregnant that was around rangers," Kim said as Hayley just shook her head, she did not want to see Billy right now. She was sure that Jason felt the same, especially after everything that she had just told him.
"I don't think we need to see Billy right now," Hayley said as Kim gave her an odd look as Anthony continued to look around the living room.
"All right," Kim said, carefully, as she looked over at Hayley. She didn't know why she wouldn't want Billy's help, but she was sure that she had a good reason.
"Can he stay with ya'll for the rest of the week? I really need to get everything straightened out with my body first," Hayley said as Kim nodded her head that she didn't mind. She actually was pretty sure that Katie would enjoy having Anthony around this week.
"It's going to take awhile to get used to being pregnant," Kim said as Hayley slowly shook her head.
"I never thought this would happen," Hayley whispered as Anthony looked between the two of them and then walked out of the room. He was not sure that he wanted to hear this conversation anymore, because he knew that one day Katie would be having it with someone and he didn't want to hear it anytime soon.
"You're an adult Hayley, you don't have to feel bad about having sex with a guy, you like or more specifically love," Kim said as Hayley looked over at her and just shook his head.
"I guess I still have the mindset of upsetting my parents. They took the news all right, but they weren't exactly happy with me," Hayley said as Kim nodded her head. She understood that; her parents would climb the wall if she told them that she was pregnant, especially with Tommy's child. She'd have a lot of explaining to do since they didn't know that they were back together.
"Hayley, my parents would go crazy. They always thought that Tommy and I had sex when we were in high school, but we never did. I wish that they knew about us again, but I haven't had a chance to even talk to them. Things have been way too busy lately," Kim said as Hayley nodded. She did not like seeing all of this action when she had just found out she was pregnant. She did not want to lose the father of her child.
"Yeah and it's not been with you working on your gym. That's why I'm so worried. All of you still have powers and what happens if they take Jason away from me?" Hayley choked out as she began to cry and Kim walked over so that she could sit down next to her.
"It's not going to happen; we won't let it happen," Kim said as Hayley leaned against her shoulder and she placed both her arms around her so that she could cry in earnest.
"How can you say that when you know there's a very good chance he will die?" Hayley asked as Kim rocked her back and forth, just trying to calm her. She knew that Jason wanted to keep her calm, but right now it seemed like Hayley just needed a really good cry to get a lot of the things that had happened out of her system.
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"Oh," Katie said as Tommy kicked her in the stomach and she fell to the ground. Usually it didn't hurt her like this, but right now she could barely move, something was going on, but she just couldn't pin point what it might be. "What's wrong with me?"
"I don't know," Tommy said as he helped Katie stand up and she clutched her stomach. Angelina and Garrett couldn't help but give her an odd look as she tried to shake off everything that she was feeling. "Do you need to go home?"
"I should be fine," Katie said as she sat down on a bench and re-gathered her hair into a ponytail. She honestly just felt like she needed some rest, but she couldn't explain why she felt like this, she hadn't been at school enough to catch a virus. "I just don't feel so hot."
"Maybe you should talk to Conner," Tommy muttered as Katie walked back out on the mat to spar some more with Tommy. "No, Kate, go on and change. I think you need to head home."
"Tommy, I'm fine," Katie said as he pointed towards the locker room and she headed towards it with a dejected look on her face.
"You all right?" Angelina asked as she walked in behind her and Katie merely slipped on a light jacket over her shirt. She could see the look in her eyes and she knew that it was not a good look.
"I was fine until I got here, I've felt horrible since the second I stepped on the mat. It makes no sense, I've never felt like this before when I was healthy," Katie said as Tommy walked in to see what they were talking about.
"Kate, I know you don't want to go, but go to Hayley's and see what Anthony has to say about what's going on with you. I'm sure that he would know something," Tommy said as Katie placed her hands over her face and Tommy just looked at her. It suddenly hit him what might be happening to Katie and he did not like the implications. "I think I know what it might be now. I'm taking you to Hayley's."
"Tommy, I can drive, I'm fine," Katie said as he shook his head no. He had had this happen to himself before and what she was about to go through, was not going to be pretty.
"Just trust me, I've been through it before and you're not going to be able to drive in a little while," Tommy said as Katie merely nodded and then walked out to wait next to Tommy's jeep.
"She going to be all right?" Garrett asked, as the rest of the class had left only a few seconds after Tommy dismissed them.
"Yeah, if I can get her home," Tommy said as Katie slumped down further against his jeep. "Come on, I need to get her home."
"What are you doing here?" Katie asked as Conner walked up to her and squatted down in front of her.
"You feel it too, don't you?" Conner whispered as Katie nodded her head yes as she sank even lower. Tommy then walked out and looked at the two of them.
"Yeah, but it's not just that," Katie said as Tommy walked up to the two of them and Conner looked up at him.
"We're going to Hayley's, go on and get in the car," Tommy said as Katie stumbled into the car and rolled into the back seat. She was feeling absolutely horrible right now.
"What's happening?" Katie asked as Tommy pulled out of his parking space and headed towards Hayley's home.
"You're losing your powers and quite rapidly from what I can tell," Tommy said as Katie's eyes rolled back in her head and she went into a dead faint.
"Kate...Kate...come on," Conner said as he gently shook her and Tommy glanced back at her.
"She'll be all right Conner. I think we just need to get her to Anthony," Tommy said as Conner glared over at him and he looked away. "I know that that is still a sore subject, but there is nothing else we can do. He's the only one that can help her now."
"I hope that you're right," Conner said as Tommy floored the accelerator and Conner gave him a confused look. If Katie was perfectly fine, why was Tommy speeding through town like this?
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"What are you doing here?" Kim asked as she opened the door to reveal Tommy and Conner, who were holding Katie up. "What happened?"
"She's losing her powers," Tommy said as he and Conner walked in and placed Katie on a couch. Anthony had peeked into the room to see what was going on and now had an extremely worried look on his face. He knew that this was not good and he also knew that Conner was not going to be happy when he tried to help.
"I thought that we all were going to lose them at the same time," Kim said as Tommy looked over at her and then tried to call his morpher. It didn't come and Kim then knew that they had lost their powers as well, it just hadn't had the same affect on them.
"Why is it only affecting us?" Conner asked as he gripped his stomach and doubled over as he fell to his knees.
"Because you are fighting against the prophecy," Anthony said as he sat down and placed Katie's head on his lap. "It'll get better soon."
"How can it get better soon when you are the one that caused it?" Conner asked as Anthony looked over at him and just shook his head.
"You think that I'll let her stay like this? That I'll let the powers keep doing this to her?" Anthony asked as the others looked at him, wondering what he was thinking about doing. "I can take it all away."
"How?" Tommy asked as Anthony placed both of his hands on her chest and drew out the powers, which made the both of them glow pink.
"I feel better," Conner said as he sat back against the couch. "Does this mean my powers are gone?"
"Yeah, I guess one of you just needed to have them taken away," Tommy said as Anthony gently shook Katie's shoulder and then shook his head.
"Then why isn't she waking up?" Anthony asked as Tommy and Kim exchanged a glance. "What do you know that I don't?"
"She'll probably stay like that for a little while. We've both had it happen before and it's normal," Kim said as Jason barged into the house and looked around at the congregation of rangers.
"What the hell is going on?" Jason asked as he looked around the living room. Hayley was supposed to be resting and now it seemed that all the rangers just wanted to congregate here. "She's supposed to be resting, not entertaining every ranger known to man."
"We've lost our powers," Tommy said as Jason's eyes widened and he quickly tried to get his morpher, but couldn't. "And she's passed out, so I think we need to wait before we move her."
"When did this happen?" Jason asked as he sat down on a couch and looked around the room. He was sure that he would have noticed when he lost his powers, but he hadn't even flinched this time.
"I'm not sure, some time today I guess," Tommy said as Katie slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Anthony.
"I don't feel so good," Katie murmured as she propped herself up against Anthony's side.
"It's your first time losing your powers, you're not going to feel good," Kim said as Katie looked at her in wide-eyed shock. They had lost their powers? They weren't rangers any longer? "It'll get better soon."
"Does that mean that it's really over, that we're really done," Katie said as Tommy shook his head no. "Why not?"
"Life goes on," Tommy said with a smile as Katie smiled up at Anthony and he laughed. To think that they could really accept all of this, that their lives would really be fine made it all better for them. They could honestly say that no matter what, life goes on.
