The trio got to one of the cars and sat down, Serge in the driver's seat, Kim in the passenger seat, and Tommy in the back. Tommy gave them the location Kira's morpher was pinging at. Serge silently wondered how Tommy was able to track Kira's location, but he trusted Kim and she trusted Tommy, so he did not ask any questions. He would later, but now there were more important things to do.

"What are we going to do when we get there?" Tommy asked.

"We go in first," Kim said, indicating herself and Serge. "Once we clear the building, you can come in."

Tommy looked like he wanted to protest, but then he took a second and thought before nodding in agreement.

When the trio got to the location given by Kira's morpher, there was a very isolated house that looked abandoned. They were in the middle of nowhere. No wonder Carter picked this spot to hide them. They all got out of the car, but only Kim and Serge approached the house, Tommy sticking behind like he was told to.

Kim and Serge looked at each other for a signal to go. They nodded at each other and Serge opened the door, Kim's gun aimed straight. They both entered the house, on alert. Kim pointed to herself then to the staircase leading to the second floor and Serge nodded. He began searching the downstairs while she went upstairs. About 30 seconds later, the two reconviened at the base of the stairs, whispering "clear" to each other. They took note of the one door no one had checked yet. They mouthed "basement" to each other before Kim peaked her head out the front door and waived Tommy toward the house. When he got to the door, she put a finger to her lips then beckoned to him, telling him to stay silent and follow her. They headed to the door to the basement, and on the count of three, Serge and Kim opened the door and began to descend, followed closely by Tommy. As they descended the stairs, they saw three people bound and gagged sitting on the floor.

"Lily! Max! Kira!" Kim yelled to the three people on the floor already looking up the staircase. Serge ran to Max, who was furthest from the staircase, Tommy ran to Kira, who was in the middle of the children, and Kim ran to Lily, who was near the staircase.

"Are you ok?" Kim asked Lily after she undid the gag.

Kim started working on the knots around her wrist, but looked up when Lily said, "Kimberly?"

Kim stared in shock. "You- you know who I am?" Lily nodded as Kim finished untieing her. Kim looked over at Max, who was staring right at her.

"Dr. O," Kira said. "I am so glad you found us." Tommy went to untie her, when she took a sharp breath. "Be careful with my arms; I think the left one is broken."

"Are there any other injuries?" Serge asked.

"Lily said her leg hurt," Kira explained. "That man threw her down the steps when we first got here, so it might be broken. Max hit his head when he was thrown into the van and might have a concussion."

"Lily, do you think you can stand?" Kim asked her sister. Lily shook her head and looked like she might cry.

Kim turned to Tommy. "Can you carry her to the van?" Tommy nodded.

"Hey Lily, this is my friend Tommy. He's also Kira's friend. Is it ok if he carries you to our car?" Lily nodded and Tommy moved from Kira to the young girl to pick her up.

Kim moved to Kira to help her up. Serge had already helped Max to his feet and was keeping him steady, as he was very dizzy.

"You are Kimberly Hart, aren't you?" Kira asked after getting to her feet.

"How do you know that?" Kim asked, then thought of the priorities. "You know what, tell me later. Let's get you guys to the hospital."

Tommy started up the stairs first, carrying Lily bridal style, followed by Serge and Max, and then Kira and Kim.

They got back up to the van and got everyone inside; Serge driving with Tommy in the front, Kira and Max in the middle, and Kim and Lily in the back. They headed to the nearest hospital.

When they got to the ER, Tommy carried Lily in, Serge helped Max walk in, and Kim walked with Kira. The ER attendants took the three injured members of the party right away.

"I should go with the twins," Kim said.

Serge shook his head. "No, you call Pierre, tell him everyone's ok. I'll go with the twins. Kira should be fine on her own." The last part of the statement was directed at Tommy, who looked like he wanted to go with his former teammate.

Tommy nodded and sat down in the chair behind him. Kim made eye contact with Tommy for a second, then turned away to call her step-father and walked away. A couple minutes later, she walked back and sat a seat down from Tommy. Neither one said anything at first. Then Tommy cleared his throat.

"So, uh, how was you step-dad?" Tommy asked.

"He's relieved that everyone is ok," Kim said, then chuckled, "relatively speaking, that is. He and my mom will be here tomorrow morning." Again, there was silence. Kim turned to Tommy with a pained expression. "I am so sorry, Tommy. I'm sorry that Carter dragged everyone into this. Especially Kira and the twins. I mean, the twins I understand, at least they are my family, but Kira had no connection to me and he still took her." Kim looked down. "I never wanted anyone to get hurt. That is why I did what I did."

Tommy was making eye contact with her the whole time, not really sure how to react. Before Tommy could reply, Serge walked up to the two of them. They stood to meet him.

"How are they?" Kim asked.

"Lily has a broken leg and Max has a mild concussion. I checked in on Kira status, and she has a broken arm. Nothing good but nothing too permanent," Serge said.

"Will I be able to take them home tonight?" Kim asked.

Serge nodded. "They should all be released tonight."

Kim turned to Tommy. "Kira can stay in my apartment. I'm going to give Lily and Max my bed. Kira can take the couch or the air mattress I have, whichever she wants."

Tommy nodded. "Thanks. I would have offered to take Kira with me, but I am sharing a hotel room with Billy and there isn't much more room."

Kim pulled out her phone. "I told Pierre I would call him when I got an update."

Serge pulled a slip of paper out of his pocket. "Call this number first".

Kim stared for a second then took the paper. "Whose number is it?"

Serge nodded and said, "You'll see".

Kim shot a quizzical look at Tommy, who shrugged. She dialed the number and put the phone up to her ear. When she heard the voice on the other end, her face showed shock and recognition, her eyes watering. "Dad?" she managed to get out. She turned and walked down the hall.

Tommy looked at Serge. Before he could ask what had just happened, Serge said, "She hasn't talked to her father in 15 years because she didn't want to make it easier for Carter to find her." With that, Serge sat down, signaling that that was all he was going to say.

When the twins and Kira got discharged from the hospital, everyone piled back up in the van. Serge drove to Kim's apartment, and everyone went in to help the twins and Kira settled. Serge called to get pizza delivered for Kim, Kira, and the twins. Kim walked Serge and Tommy to the door. Serge gave Kim a hug and headed down to the van to give Kim and Tommy a second.

"Goodnight," Tommy said. He turned to go and then turned back around. "I just have one question before I go. I-is Carter the guy you left me for?"

Kim didn't say anything for a second.

Tommy regretted opening his mouth. "I'm sorry, forget I asked. I know you went through a lot tonight-"

"No, you deserve an answer," Kim said. "I will explain everything better tomorrow, but the short answer is yes, Carter is the reason you got the letter. But not because of what you think."

Right then, the pizza delivery guy got to the door, cuing Tommy to leave.

Kim brought the pizza inside and everyone feasted. The four chatted over dinner and got to know each other. Kim found out that the twins found out about her on her birthday the year prior; their mother had been looking at a picture herself with Kim when the twins saw it and asked their mother about it. She told them that they have an older sister, Kimberly, who went missing years ago.

Kim felt awful about how she never got the chance to tell her mother what was going on and that she never got to meet the twins before. She felt even more horrible that they got taken because of her. Kim told them a very abbreviated version of what she planned on telling everyone else tomorrow. They were a little young to hear about everything, but they did deserve to know why they were kidnapped, so the abbreviated version was not only a compromise but all Kim manage given the days events.

After Kim and Kira put the twins to bed, Kira took the couch and Kim too the air mattress, which was laid out by the couch. When Kira knew the twins we asleep and wouldn't hear, she asked, "So you were the first pink ranger, huh?"

"Yeah, I was. How did you know that?"

"Well, Dr. O made a video of all the rangers of the past in case anything happened to him. When he got kidnapped, we saw the video when trying to find a way to save him." Kira explained.

"Tommy got kidnapped?" Kim asked with a chuckle. "What a refreshing surprise. Wait, that makes me sound horrible. I'm not glad that Tommy got kidnapped, it was just usually me who got kidnapped on my team." After a second, Kim asked," Was there a pink on your team?"

"No, I was the only girl and I was yellow. But I was Pteradactyl," Kira said.

Kim smiled. "Ptera is the best dinosaur."

"By far," Kira said. She waited a second and then asked, "Did you and Dr. O used to be a thing?"

Kim looked at her hands, which were fidgeting with each other. "Tommy and I did used to date."

"What happened?"

"Well, to make a long story short, Tommy got a letter breaking up with him. All of my friends thought I sent it. I didn't. But I couldn't tell anyone that."

"Why couldn't you tell anyone?" Kira asked.

"It wasn't safe. I did not want to put them in any more danger."

Kira got the feeling that Kim wasn't going to share anymore about the letter right then.

"Do you still love him?" Kira asked.

Not prepared for the question, Kim puffed out her cheeks. "We haven't seen each other a decade and a half and we have both changed."

"Yeah, but do you still love him?"

Kim thought for a second, then said, "Goodnight, Kira."

AN: Hi! I hope you are enjoying the story. I know there are still a lot of things unresolved. I promise, the answers will come in the next chapters. I might not be able to update again for about a month (midterms and all) but I promise I will update when I can!