Power Rangers Thunder Force #3 Double Helix chapter 3: miscarriage.

Previously on Power rangers…

"There is no trace of the monster any more. I am not sure what happened, but it is gone for now." Alpha
says.

"Could it have been inside another human? One that wasn't mutated in the past." Jason asks Zordon.

"Yes. I have a feeling that this isn't over yet. Not by a long shot. The worst is yet to come." Zordon says
grimly.



"I am sensing something strange inside of my child's carrier." Astayanax says.

"What does it mean?" Thunder asks.

"I don't know right now but it may not be good." Astayanax responds.

"Why?" Thunder asks.

"If my child were to be born now. It would not be as powerful as I could be. But it still would be a
formidable opponent." Astayanax responds.

"Should I bring my ship back into the earth's solar system?" Thunder asks.

"No. I will tell you when it's the right time." Astayanax responds.


And now for episode 3…

Tommy is sitting in an airport waiting for someone. When he hears that a plane is coming in at the bay he
is waiting in, he gets up and looks at the opening door expectantly.

After a minute one of the last deboards is Kimberly. Tommy brightens up when he sees her. They rush to
each other and hug for a long time. They look at each other and move in to kiss but stop

"I'm sorry. I know you are with Kat. Just felt that old feeling again." Kimberly says.

Tommy gives her a quick peck on the cheek then they pull away but keep on holding hands.

"How are you doing these days?" Tommy asks.

Kimberly starts tearing up and puts her arms around Tommy.

"Oh Tommy. I don't know what to think." Kimberly says.

"Whoa. What's wrong Kimmy?" Tommy asks stroking her hair.

"Remember when I was sick three years ago? They couldn't figure out what was wrong." Kimberly asks.

"Yeah. But it went away." Tommy responds.

"Well it's come back with a vengeance. Not like before. I am not bed ridden. They still don't know what
is wrong with me." Kimberly says.

"Oh my god." Tommy says stunned but still comforting Kimberly.

"That's why I am coming here. There's a specialist that might be able to help me. I didn't want to tell you
the whole truth over the phone." Kimberly says.

"When is your appointment?" Tommy asks.

"Tomorrow morning. Will you come with me? I wouldn't be able to handle it if it was bad news."
Kimberly says.

"Of course I will. You don't even have to ask me." Tommy responds.

They all go to Ernie's for a drink and for Kimberly to see her old friends.

"Oh man that sucks Kimberly. I hope the specialist can do something for you." Ernie says.

Kimberly nods.

"Here. Have a free juice drink." Ernie says.

While Ernie is making the drink, a tiny periscope pokes out of a glass of water. Meanwhile at Divatox's
base, she is looking through that periscope at the scene at Ernie's.

"Oh isn't this just precious." Divatox says.

She gags herself.

"So poor little Tommy's girlfriend is sick huh?" Divatox says.

"Whoa. I thought you hated the power rangers." Elgar says.

"Duh. I was just being sarcastic." Divatox says rolling her eyes up.

"Oh yeah." Elgar says laughing.

"No. How can I use this to my advantage and against the rangers?" Divatox wonders.

"How bout we capture Kimberly and force Tommy to come alone if he wants to save her?" Elgar responds.

"Why that's a great idea. Sometimes you actually seem intelligent." Divatox says.

"Thanx. I think." Elgar says.

"You think you are sick. Well I will make you really sick." Divatox says looking at Kimberly through the
periscope.

The next day Kimberly and Tommy arrive at the specialty doctor's office.

"Don't worry Kimberly. No matter what they find, I will be here for you." Tommy says.

They part hands reluctantly when the doctor calls her back. Tommy sits to read but finds he can't keep his
mind on the reading and off of Kimberly. After about an hour Kimberly walks out slowly.

"What is it? Did he find anything?" Tommy asks.

"He couldn't find a cause but he thinks it is fatal. He doesn't think I have long to live. He wants to run
some tests." Kimberly says quietly.

Tommy just stands there for a moment stunned.

"I want to be with you during the whole process. I want to be with you for emotional support." Tommy
says holding Kimberly gently.

They look at each other and their faces close in together. Suddenly they find themselves in a very
passionate kiss. They quickly break away and turn their faces away.

"I'm sorry." Kimberly stutters.

"No it's my fault. I let myself get caught up in the moment." Tommy says.

"No. Actually I'm not sorry. I have wanted to do that for a long time. I still love you." Kimberly says.

"Do you want to come over for awhile? Just to rest and to talk about old times." Tommy asks.

"Yeah sure." Kimberly says smiling weakly.

But as soon as they exit the hospital, Elgar and a bunch of pirahnatrons appear out of nowhere.

"Elgar." Tommy yells and takes a fighting stance.

Kimberly also goes into a fighting stance.

"No Kim. Run away. It's probably me they want." Tommy says.

"I'm not standing by and watch you fight all alone." Kimberly says.

They fight and are doing pretty good but one of the pirahnatrons gets the upper hand and restrains Tommy.
Soon other ones join the other and make it so Tommy can't escape. Elgar grabs Kimberly with the help of
the remaining pirahnatrons then disappear.

:"Kim!" Tommy yells.

He quickly uses all his strength to flip the pirahnatrons over his back. They all disappear also.

"Zordon come in." Tommy yells into his communicator.

"Yes Tommy." Zordon says.

"Kimberly has just been kidnapped by Elgar and some pirahnatrons." Tommy responds.

"Come to the power chamber immediately. I will call on the other rangers." Zordon says.

Tommy nods and teleports to the power chamber. Shortly after he appears, the other four rangers also
come.

"What's up Tommy?" Jason asks.

"Kimberly has been kidnapped by Divatox's soldiers." Tommy says.

Everybody but Jason and Tanya, who have never met her before, look shocked.

"I'm getting a transmission from Divatox." Alpha says.

"Put it on the viewing globe." Zordon says.

"Hello retched rangers. I have something you want." Divatox says.

"What have you done with Kimberly?" Tommy yells.

"Nothing yet. But I will soon if you don't come alone to this location." Divatox says.

The globe goes blank and Tommy realizes that he was clenching his fists the whole time.

"I have found the location that the signal was coming from." Alpha says.

"We will all come and get here." Justin says.

"No. I will go alone." Tommy says.

"At least let us rush in if you are in trouble." Adam says.

"Agreed. Shift into Turbo." Tommy yells then teleports away.

Meanwhile in the cave that Kimberly is being held in, she is starting to yell in pain.

"Jeez girly. I haven't even done anything to you." Elgar says.

Suddenly Kimberly starts glowing and mutating into something weird.

"Uh that can't be good." Elgar says starting to step away.

Kimberly keeps on changing until she becomes a mutated monster. She immediately starts attacking Elgar
with laser beams.

"I'm out of here. I don't get paid enough for this." Elgar yells then disappears.

Tommy rushes in and gets into a fighting stance when he sees the monster.

"What did you do with Kimberly?" Tommy yells.

The monster answers by blasting Tommy with a beam. Tommy starts attacking the monster but is
outmatched. The other rangers appear next to him. The monster changes into a beam of energy and shoots
out of the cave.

"Let's go follow it." Adam says.

"What happened to Kimberly?" Justin asks.

"Dunno. I never saw her here. This was probably all a trap." Tommy responds.

They run outside and find the monster blowing away trees and other plants with its eyes.

"Okay that's enough destruction of precious plant life. The power rangers are here to take you out."
Tommy yells.

The monster turns into a beam of light again and shoots away.

"I guess she don't like us very much." Adam says jokingly.

They race at turbo speed after the light. Once they catch up to it, they are thrown back violently. The land
on their backs and quickly get up. The light once again becomes the monster.

"Ouch that hurt." Justin says.

"Yeah. Nobody hurts me and my little buddy and gets away with it." Tommy says.

They fight the monster hand to hand with their weapons. But even together they are no match.

"Damn it. Zordon we need some help here." Tommy yells into the communicator.

"Aye aye aye. I just did some scanning of the monster. That monster is Kimberly." Alpha says.

"No way. Did Divatox do this to her?" Tommy asks.

"No Tommy. I sense something else did this to her. Something familiar." Zordon responds.

"The scanners show that this monster is more powerful than anything we have faced before. But it also
shows that it is another viral type monster." Alpha says.

"That's why it seems so familiar. It must be from the same evil that mutated the townspeople four years
ago." Zordon says.

"Then we can make another anti virus program to defeat the virus that is mutating Kimberly." Alpha says.

"Be careful. We don't want to kill Kimberly also." Zordon says.

Meanwhile the monster is warping around in light form once again and the rangers are trying to keep up.

"Man. I don't think I can keep this up for much longer. We have never had to run at turbo speed for this
long." Tommy says.

"We can't lose her." Justin says almost out of breath.

Tommy checks some things on his weapon and fires at the monster. He stops and motions for the others to
stop.

"Why did you have us stop?" Justin says.

"I fired a homing beacon on her." Tommy says.

He takes out a device and looks at it.

"It's working. She has stopped. I guess she didn't find any reason to continue running as long as we were
no longer chasing her." Tommy says.

"I almost have a program that will work without destroying the Kimberly part of the monster." Alpha says.

"Hurry Alpha. The rangers are really reaching their limits with this one." Zordon says.

After a few minutes Alpha looks up from his console.

"I've got it. I'm sending it to the rangers right now." Alpha says.

At the ranger site, a device appears on the ground next to Tommy. Tommy looks down and then picks it
up.

"Rangers. You need to attach this to her body and then turn it on." Alpha says.

"Are you crazy. We can't even touch her right now. How are we gonna attach something to her body?"
Adam responds.

"You can do it rangers. You have to do it, for Kimberly's sake. I believe in you. Let the power protect
you." Zordon says.

"I'll do it. I am the closest to her than anyone else here." Tommy says.

Kat gives a look of jealousy. Tommy takes out the tracking device.

"Okay I'm out of here." Tommy says.

"You know that when she sees you that she will go into turbo speed again?" Adam asks.

"Yeah I know. I am tired out but I have to do this." Tommy responds.

Tommy takes off in turbo mode. He catches up with Kimberly who immediately changes into light and
takes off. Tommy closes his eyes and senses where Kimberly is and tries to figure out where she will go
next. He intercepts Kimberly and gets the device on her. She immediately changes to solid form and starts
screaming. Suddenly Kimberly and the virus separate from themselves and the virus flies around looking
for another host.

"I don't think so." Tommy says then blasts the virus.

Tommy rushes to Kimberly's side and conforts her.

"I got it guys. Come here." Tommy says in his communicator.

Quickly the others reappear and rush over to Tommy and Kimberly.

"Kimmy. Wake up please." Tommy yells.

Kimberly starts to stir and moan. Finally she opens her eyes and smiles when she sees Tommy.

"Is it gone?" Kimberly says.

"Yes it is." Tommy says hugging Kimberly.

"No my child is gone." Astayanax screams.

"What now?" Thunder asks.

"There is one more child left. That one unfortunately was born too early. But I sense that the remaining
one will not be born until it is fully developed." Astayanax responds.

"Only two more years." Thunder says.

To be continued…