DISCLAIMER: Don't own them, someone else does! The character of Matthew, Tommy's father is my property; please ask if you wish to use him.
ARTHUR'S NOTE: This story is AU. The gold ranger in my story is similar to the one in the TV series but again, I've slightly altered the character for my storyline. Hope you all enjoy. I am not a doctor, the months and medical information in my story may not be accurate, however I have tried to research pregnancy so some degree. This was also a big month skip, however the next few chapters will not be so. It's just if I kept on going week by week this would be one long story! Enjoy.
A Child for Us All Six
(Four or so months later)
Adam was tired – Lord Zedd had taken a liking to night time attacks for the last few weeks for reasons unbeknown to ... well anyone, including Lord Zedd! Dr. Oliver, or 'the Doc' as they called him, wondered how he could keep getting up for these night time attacks. Tommy had protested when Matthew made it clear that he wished to be present for every battle, and had been bitterly disappointed when Zordon agreed with the doctor. Zordon was logical in his explanation, through continuous exposure the rangers would become used the to doctors presence, improving his capacity to treat them and an extra pair of hands was always needed. That didn't mean Tommy had to like it.
The doctor watched the tired black ranger preform his last after battle checks, the rangers shared a roster and the remaining team had thankfully teleported out at the soonest opportunity. "Adam go home, you are going to be too tired to go to school tomorrow otherwise."
"Nah, nearly done" Adam managed a reply through a yawn. "Anyways, this has to be finished."
The doctor sighed, "not when it impacts on your health."
Adam ran the final report and turned to face Dr. Oliver. "You don't quite understand yet, do you?" His face was tired but it was lined with traces of... sorrow? The doctor was baffled.
"Understand what? What it means to be a ranger, of course I do!" Pain and sufferance where the first adjectives coming to mind.
The black ranger shook his head. Zordon had powered down for the night, as had Alpha. Adam wished he possessed Zordon's capacity for explanation. "It doesn't matter how tired, sick or near death we are, that is small in our perception of things. Why worry about one life when billons more unwittingly reply on us for safety? You think the evil out there will stop once Angel Grove is conquered? I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid that when I do it won't be enough for the people of earth, of the universe. I believe than even death will not end the battle we have with evil. We were chosen because Zordon believed, we are strong and unique from his choice, and our lives are not worth living if we let down his belief. When you look at the world from that point of view, something like tiredness is a spec on the horizon. You ask any ranger, especially your son. As leader of us all, well he may not have death to look forward to; Zordon chose Tommy from evil and then chose him again. Twice blessed doubly cursed." Adam smiled sadly at the doctor who looked at him in shock. "You are beginning to understand now, aren't you? I suggest sleep will make it easier." With that parting statement, he teleported out leaving the doctor to contemplate how 6 teenagers could possess such wisdom and responsibility.
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The next day dawned peaceful and crisp. Those in the morning trades went about their routines as the rest of Angel Grove slept on. Well, almost all of Angel Grove slept on, there was a certain pink ranger who was wide awake, and for some reason she could not quite work out why. Then she remembered, her replacement was due to arrive in town today. Her smooth small face marred into a slight frown, Tommy has supported Kimberly's choice but she knew he felt a little cheated by her quick decision.
"Knowing Tommy he won't leave anyways." She muttered as she snuggled back underneath the covers for 'five more minutes.'
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"Kim, Tommy's here!" Her mothers' voice pierced through her drowsiness. Kimberly squinted at her alarm clock, her 'five minutes' had turned into two hours! The petite teens started to swear under her breath; apparently Tommy's tardiness was contagious!
"Can you send him up please?" the call back to her mother was muffled through a flurry of clothes as she searched for an outfit for the day. Seizing one triumphantly she headed for the shower. "I won't be long Tommy, promise" Her boyfriend halted as he walked into her room, how one person could have such a neat room one day and a complete war zone the next, was beyond him. He sat down on Kim's bed to wait; it wouldn't be long till they met up with Billy to pick up Kim's replacement. Tommy muffled a yawn, Lord Zedd and his night time antics was wearing thin on the entire team, something his father noticed and made his protests known. Tommy had shut him up by suggesting that he go and tell Lord Zedd himself that he wanted his 'little boy' to get more sleep 'so please stop being such a meanie!'. That suggestion had earned Tommy another lecture from Zordon on manners (something that was becoming frequent these days) and a cold shower that morning after his father had 'forgotten' his son and had a 30 minute hot shower. The white ranger made himself comfortable, Kimberly's showers tended to take some time.
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Two hours later and Kimberly was finally declared suitable for the day, Tommy sighed in relief as they detoured by Billy's house to pick up the ninja ranger who was as eager as they to meet their returned ally.
Nervous Tom? Billy asked, picking up on his leaders anxiety. He was also the only one allowed to call Tommy, Tom. He knew that Kim's replacement had been a huge support for Tommy in the early days, Billy was slightly jealous of that fact but he pushed it away, labelling it irrational.
Kinda I think, Um I don't know really, ya know? luckily for Tommy, Billy did. Just don't tell Kim, she's really excited about this. Although not sure what the reaction is gonna be when Dad finds out, he's a little bit put out with me that I won't tell him who it will be.
It's going to be fine, trust me Billy tried to sound reassuring.
With my life came the automatic reply. "Aw man, not what we need right now!" Tommy's voice illustrated his annoyance as he swerved the car, Lord Zedd had sent down some guests to make their life difficult.
"Tommy just let me fight in this, I promise I'll stay near the back" Kim hissed towards her boyfriend, so that if Lord Zedd was watching, he would remain clueless. Tommy's face was covered in indecision.
"Fine, but stay to the rear and be careful – PLEASE!" Tommy gave his agreement hastily and the three turned their attentions to the putties coming towards them. "You clay brains are really gonna cop it, I am not in the mood!"
Billy and Tommy surrounded Kim, both intent on keeping her safe and distancing her contact with the putties. The putties attacked the rangers, demonstrating no intent, rather simply annoying the three. Billy and Tommy keep most of the putties away by using the ones they had defeated, throwing them towards the remainder of the group. Kimberly fended off her putties with a base ball bat Tommy had in his jeep, for reasons unbeknown to the Pink Ranger. As the fight progressed, Tommy was slightly separated from the group, this didn't concern him at this stage, they were slowly gaining the upper hand. As he glanced towards Billy and Kimberly, two putties grabbed him and threw him towards the car; he made an excellent human plane soaring through the air till his head stopped his flight into the side of his jeep. Billy felt it as his leader ungracefully landed, and the putties make their exit as suddenly they appeared.
"Ohmigod, Tommy are you okay?" Kimberly rushed to the fallen white ranger's side. He sat up, pain on his face as he gingerly touched his head. He already had one hell of a headache.
Tom, you okay? Maybe we should get your Dad to check you over? Billy silently assessed his leader; he thought that Tommy may have received a concussion.
No, no. Please I want to get to the airport, I can't miss this. We've got to go to Zordon after, let it wait till then.... Do you have any aspirin? Tommy pleaded with Billy; he didn't want to spoil it for Kimberly.
Well, fine but no aspirin till you're checked over. You'll have to just deal with the headache I'm afraid, and I am definitely driving now. Billy was firm as he helped his leader up. Kimberly glanced at Billy; she knew the two were 'talking'.
"It's okay Kim, Tommy will get checked out later, I'm certain his injury isn't serious. I will drive, just to be on the safe side. If we don't continue to the airport now, we are going to be late." Billy reassured Kimberly as she slid into the back of the jeep, Tommy sat in the front, and his head back on the seat with his eyes closed clashed with Billy's reassuring words.
"I'll be okay beautiful, I just have a killer of a headache." The soft reassurance from her lover lifted Kimberly's spirits. "Let's go Billy, of course we're now going to be late, he's not going to be surprised."
Seriously Kim, he's okay and I'm keeping an eye on him, just in case. Now let's get to the airport! with that comforting thought Kimberly nodded and Billy drove the three towards the airport.
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The trio arrived at Angle Grove Airport 20 minutes later, 10 minutes after their target plane was due in. They rushed through the terminal, Tommy grumbling that all this running was hurting his head. "Aw leave off Tommy, Jase isn't gonna want to hear you grumble!" Kimberly joked, squeezing his hand quickly.
Billy stood on tiptoes, searching through the mass of bodies with his eyes, and cheating slightly, trying to pick up Jason's thoughts. He found him over by the baggage area, grumbling over the treatment of his favourite backpack. "Over this way guys!" Without waiting for a reply, he set off towards Jason, with Tommy's headache following behind him.
Jason looked up from his backpack when he heard a familiar voice, "Jason!" Kimberly squealed excitedly, flinging herself at him. He took a step backwards for the force of her embrace.
"Kimmie! God it's good to see you again!" His eye's slightly misted; he returned the hug to his 'honorary' baby sister. Before he had a chance to look up, he was assaulted from the sides by Tommy and Billy, patting him on the back and half hugging him.
"Hey Bro, Hey Billy my man, it's great to see you!" Jason returned the greetings, accidentally knocking Tommy on the head, the white ranger moaned slightly as his poor head was jostled more.
"Bro what's wrong?" Jason turned on his 'leader's voice', something the other rangers hadn't forgotten.
Billy spoke for Tommy, "You know how accident prone he was as the Green Ranger?" Jason nodded. "Well, nothing has changed, in fact Zordon now has his Dad treating us he's so bad." Billy was only half joking.
"Man Tommy, you never change huh?" Jason chuckled as he gave the white ranger another hug.
"C'mon Jase, get your bags, everyone is rilly excited to see you!" Kimberly started to pull at Jason's arm, her brown eye's pleading. Tommy and Billy moved to help Jason grab his bags before the flood of people wanting their own luggage made it impossible to leave quickly.
3 bags, one argument with an old lady and a growing headache later, the teens all piled into Tommy's jeep and Billy navigated his way through the mid day traffic. They quickly dumped Jason's gear off at Tommy's and then headed to the park, checking for people before teleporting to Zordon.
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Jason shivered at the reestablishment of the teleportation experience. As his vision cleared he looked around, the place had changed slightly since he had left.
"JASON, IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AGAIN." Zordon had missed his original red ranger. "I AM PLEASED THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO JOIN THE TEAM ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR PLACEMENT IS THAT IT IS TEMPORARY, BUT THAT WAS NECESSARY. I AM DELIGHTED THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENSURE THIS IS A PERMANENT PLACING."
Jason was stunned and overjoyed at the same time, as were the remaining rangers who had teleported in at Alpha's request. If Tommy's head wasn't aching so much, he would have been hugging Jason all over again.
"Wow Zordon, thanks!" Jason glanced at his 'Bro' who was looking pale. "You should sit down Tommy and get some painkillers" He hated to put a damper on the celebrations, but they could wait. Tommy glared at Jason, as pleased to see him he was, Zordon and Doc would not be pleased he delayed reporting an injury.
"SIT DOWN TOMMY. DOC IS NEARLY FINISHED IN THE INFIRMARY AND HE'LL WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOU. WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?" Zordon willed a chair to appear for his white ranger.
"When the putties delayed us this morning." Tommy mumbled, he had placed his head in his hands, his headache was really picking up force now, and he was starting to feel dizzy. His ranger healing had taken care of the potentially dangerous concussion, it was still there but not with the prior high risk, ranger healing ignored minor things like headaches, much to the teen's displeasure.
"Wow, Jason! So you're the replacement! Great to see you!" Matthew strode into the room, shaking Jason's hand enthusiastically. The doctor then glanced at his son. "Accident prone Tommy strikes again?" he dryly asked as he powered up the portable scanner he always carried on him when dealing with rangering activities. He crouched down next to his son and held the scanner over Tommy's crown.
"It's a slight concussion. It'll be best if you come into the infirmary, you can lie on a med bed and sleep without worrying about the side effects, the bed will monitor you better than I can!" Matthew was relived that it was nothing too serious; his son had a tendency to wreak himself on frequent occasions. When he thought of that, it surprised him that he hadn't found it strange that Tommy stopped getting obvious bumps and scraps when he first became a ranger.
"No I can't, Jason needs to receive his powers, and I have to be here for this."
Dr. Oliver was about to protest when Zordon interrupted. "I AM SORRY DR. OLIVER, BUT TOMMY IS CORRECT. AS LEADER OF THE POWER RANGERS HE NEEDS TO BE PRESENT. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT OCCASION FOR YOU ALL." The mage regrettably pulled rank.
"JASON, AS THE ORIGINAL RED RANGER YOU LED THE TEAM COURAGEOUSLY THROUGH EACH CHALLENGE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU. THE TEAM DREW ON YOUR STRENGTH AND I BELIEVE IT WAS YOUR GUIDANCE THAT HELPED TOMMY BECOME THE LEADER HE IS TODAY. KIMBERLY CHOSE YOU TO REPLACE HER IN HER PENDING MOTHERHOOD, ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO YOUR SUCCESS AS A POWER RANGER. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT ALPHA AND I RESURRECTED THE GOLD RANGER POWERS. THESE POWERS ARE AKIN TO THE WHITE RANGER POWER, STAND ALONE AND PURE, THEY CAN NEVER BE TAINTED, HOW OFTEN EVIL MAY TRY. JASON YOUR ANIMAL GUIDE IS THE PANTHER, INTELLIGENT AND BOLD. YOUR ANIMAL GUIDE SUITS THE GOLD POWERS, AND THE CO-LEADERSHIP OF THE POWER RANGERS." Zordon's voice was filled with pride as he reintroduced Jason.
Tommy was stunned, and extremely pleased. The white ranger was largely uncomfortable with the idea that he would have to lead his former leader once again; he respected Jason to much to do that. At Zordon's signal, he and the other rangers morphed.
"STAND FORWARD JASON AND ACCEPT THE MANTLE OF THE GOLD RANGER POWERS." Jason stepped into the centre of the room, and light blessed his form. When the ranger's sight cleared, Jason had morphed into the Gold Ranger. His suit was black, with gold designs on his chest and helmet. There was a small panther on the back of one of his shoulders. The rangers formed a circle around the newest addition to the team and called upon their animal guides. The spirits raced around the rangers, blending Jason's Black Panther into the team. Matthew was memorized, he could hardly believe the event and forces present.
"WELCOME GOLD RANGER, MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU." Zordon concluded the power transfer and regretfully Jason powered down. The remaining rangers followed suit, Tommy wisely sat down before he demorphed, the sudden power loss would do damage to his headache.
"Oh aye ai ai, Jason it is so wonderful to have you back!" Alpha was blubbering in his electronic way, overjoyed to have another ranger back on the team.
"Hey Alpha, it's great to be back, and I missed you!" Jason put his hand on the robot's shoulder, who nearly started to overload with excitement. The new Gold ranger's attention was redirected to his fellow leader, who had Kimberly fussing over him and by the look on Billy's face, was also being bossed to the infirmary. Doc was not needed in this case! Jason unconsciously echoed Billy's earlier jealously, he was really close to his 'Bro' and knew that to be jealous of the face that Billy truly knew the white ranger was frivolous but still.... He pushed it out of his mind; he knew there was no competition between friends. Tommy's protests floated over to Jason as he tuned back into events around him.
"Dad! Seriously, ranger healing is kicking in, I don't need to sleep, I just want to hang out with the guys." Zordon chose to remain silent; in this case it was the doctor's call, as long as Tommy remembered his manners. He quickly assessed the white ranger and found that sleep may help speed up the process, but lack of sleep wouldn't be detrimental either.
"Tommy, if you sleep then your headache will go away sooner, and you've got plenty of time to hang out. May I remind you that you agreed to follow my decisions when it came to medical matters?" Doc had resorted to pulling rank.
Tommy hesitated, he didn't want to argue or create a scene, but he knew that he was okay, simply badly in need for some headache reliever. "Can I offer a compromise?" The offer was made quietly, loud was not in vogue right now.
"Like what?" The doctor cautiously asked.
"Get Zordon to keep a visual on me, give me some pain reliever and I give you my promise that I will take it easy for the rest of the afternoon, no sparring or anything, unless ranger duty takes over." If the doctor wouldn't agree to this, Tommy was going to have to take the med bed offer; the pounding drums in his head had now progressed to a badly constructed orchestra.
Matthew thought this over. Tommy's concussion was nearly taken care of, thanks to ranger healing and the med bed would only speed the process up. He was in the habit of not totally trusting the advanced technology and methods', falling back on traditional methods when he thought it was necessary. "Fine. Just make sure you take it easy." A hypo spray appeared in his hands. Tommy looked at it warily, a hypo spray was only marginally better than a needle. "It's this or the med bed." Doc made the final terms clear. Tommy sighed and lent back in the chair. Pushing the device into Tommy's neck, Matthew administered the drug.
"Okay guys, how bout we go to Ernie's, bet your dying for one of his smoothies hey Jase? Aisha half suggested, half asked.
"Hey that's a great idea, let's go! Rocky, wanna spar?" Adam agreed with Aisha, he looked at Billy, "If you want, you and Jase could join us, two on two." This way, Tommy would be able to sit down with the girls, and his father will let up. The rangering team gave their agreement and they teleported to Ernie's, before Doc could change his mind.
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The youth centre had had an upgrade since Jason had last been there, but it still held the comforts of the Juice Bar and the workout area. The bulky owner spotted the Gold Ranger and hurried over. "Jason, it's great to see you, are you back for good?"
"Yeah Ernie, I'm here for good again. Man, it's great what you've done here." Jason stepped forward as Ernie clapped him on the back in welcome.
"Welcome back, smoothies are on me!" Ernie laughed at the delight on the teens faces; he bustled off to make all their favourites and then teens sat down at their favourite table. The guys, minus Tommy, went into the lockers to change into suitable sparring clothes. Kim and Aisha were fussing over Tommy, well really Kim was fussing over Tommy and Aisha was fussing over Kimberly who would soon give up rangering for awhile, the Pink ranger had started to show but only slightly. To the unknowing eye, the mother to be didn't even look pregnant, besides that glow all pregnant women seem to develop.
"Kim I'm okay really. Dad's pain relief is working wonders." Tommy reassured his girlfriend. The pain relief was really kicking in. "I just want to see Jason and Billy spar, Jase is gonna be really impressed with how much Billy has grown in that area." The pink ranger regarded her boyfriend sceptically. He had been known for throwing aside regard for his own person when it suited him. However, his complexion wasn't as pale as before and he was freely moving his head again, so......
"Okay, okay Ish! We'll go shopping again tomorrow! Doc wants me to take my leave of absence pretty soon, it may as well be after this next scan, and then we'll be able to seriously shop!" Kim turned her attentions away from Tommy to her persistent best friend. This next scan would tell how many children they were going to have and what sex they would be. Zordon had hinted that he already knew, but the look on his pink rangers face when he told her made the mage quietly keep the information to himself. Kimberly could be a force to be reckoned with when she put her mind to it.
Freed from his girlfriends persistent questions, the white ranger turned his attentions towards the workout mats, where the rest of the male members of the rangering team had emerged from the change rooms, fitted out in colour co-ordinated gi-pants and work out tops. Sighing softy, he wished he hadn't been so hasty in making an agreement with his father, the pain killer had worked wonders and he really did feel fine. But he knew that if he went against his promise, Zordon would have his hide. It simply was really unfair sometimes.
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Jason and Billy bowed to Rocky and Adam, added together with Jason's huge grin, it seemed that he was extremely pleased at being back with 'the gang'. The familiar feeling of the power coursing through his system and his closest friends at his side had placed him on a natural (or magical) high. Facing up to the Red and Black ranger, Jason settled into a relaxed fighting stance; this was gonna be fun!
The first 30 seconds of their match was light and relaxed, simply warming up their limbs for complex moves later on. One of the pairs would stay near the edge of the mats, lightly bouncing, and waiting for their turn against the others. Tommy was right in his prediction of Billy's improvement; Jason did notice and was pleased his old friend was still interested in the martial arts. Of the original five, Billy was the only one who didn't practice martial arts before the beginning of the rangers.
As the teens warmed up, their moves began to incorporate throws and sweeps, and a few non martial art techniques. Their main aim was to have of course, but it was always handy to try out new moves against friends, so that when the time came for the real thing, they were comfortable with the move. Tommy had Billy learning a new move involving a jumping roundhouse kick and finishing sweep. The ninja ranger was eager to try this out against Rocky, with Tommy watching for later comments. Billy lined Rocky up and the red ranger soon found himself flat on the mats. The genius was stunned, along side Jason and Adam. Tommy however, jumped up and cheered. "Excellent Billy!!" All traces of his headache was gone as he hurried down to the mats.
Jason stared at Billy. "Wow, Billy my man! That's was great, where'd ya pick that up?"
Billy blushed, still showing some of his self-consciousness that hadn't quiet left him "It's easier now Jase, when I'm learning new techniques I can actually 'see' what my instructor is tyring to teach me."
"You mean, using your mind as well as your eyes?" Jason asked cryptically, aware that they were in a public place.
"Affirmative, as long as my instructor doesn't mind." Billy glanced at Tommy, Rocky and Adam, all responsible for sharing their knowledge at some point or another.
"You know we don't mind Billy." Rocky stepped forward, placing a hand on his shoulder. Billy nodded awkwardly.
"Hey guys!" Aisha's voice interrupted the moment. "Time to get moving to Tommy's house, if it's true that his mum is cooking a feast for Jason's coming home!" Jason's parents were away holidaying, since their only child had been over seas. Jason was staying at Tommy's house since his own home was being rented out. The gold ranger was hoping to find another place soon however, he didn't want to be a burden on Tommy's parents. The thought had crossed his mind that maybe Kim and Tommy would like to move out with him, but he hadn't found a way to bring up the subject.
The boys bowed to one another and quickly went to get changed. Tommy and the girls cleaned up their table and thanked Ernie on their way out. "No probs guys" Ernie gave a cheery goodbye.
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"So Kim, when's Doc doing your scan?" Adam asked quietly as they all walked towards Tommy's house. The group had bunched up in little groups. Aisha and Rocky were talking about his siblings, Jason, Billy and Tommy were leading the job, it seemed that Jason was doing the talking and the other two were listening and Kimberly and Adam were bringing the group up at the rear.
"Tomorrow it seems." The doctor had kept a constant eye on Kimberly during ranger duties but this was only the second scan she was having according to civilian records. "I'm to stay away from rangering as of tomorrow, even though my baby is protected by the power." She gave a sad smile. "It seems that Doc isn't as trusting of the power as Zordon is, although if I'm needed he won't be able stop me!"
Adam gave a gentle laugh, no one stood in the way on Kimmie's warpath. A shout from Jason drew his attention away from her. "Guys, look this old place is up for sale."
The group paused in front of the majestic old house. It looked well lived and comfortable, and large enough for Rocky's family! Jason had a wistful look in his eyes, if only he had the money for a place like this on his own, on a smaller scale of course. Unbeknown to the gold ranger, he was being watched by Tommy, who had his own reasons for thinking of buying a property. A plan began to slowly form in the long haired teens mind, if only....
"Come on guys!" Rocky said playfully, interrupting Tommy's thoughts, "Tommy's mum cooks the best potato bake and I'm starved!" A chorus of "Rocky!" went round the group and they moved onto the Oliver's.
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Tommy was waiting outside the hospital as Kimberly was reluctantly dropped by her mother. The reluctant part was due to her mother, who didn't want any one else to find out before she did about the baby. "Mum! I promise you're the first I'll call, now I'd better go or I'll be late!" A quick kiss and Kimberly was running up to Tommy, so they wouldn't be too late for his father.
Skipping the usual waiting period (it did pay off to be the doctor's son), they were ushered into his father's rooms where Kimberly was handed a gown and reassurance that Dr. Oliver was just cleaning up.
"Hi Kim, Scrap (this nickname was due to Tommy's habit to always in a scrap, an accident). Hop up onto the tap Kim and we'll take a look at your baby." Doc warmed up the gel for the teenager.
A little nervous, Kimberly laid on the bed, grabbing Tommy's hand for support, he squeezed it encouragingly. "Here we go." The doctor smiled at Kimberly, who he already regarded as a daughter in law. The doctor was silent as he brought the image of the ultrasound on the screen, the sound came in a minute later. The doctor frowned, something didn't seem right.
Tommy noticed his fathers frown. "Dad, what's wrong?"
"No, no nothings wrong." The doctor was quick to reassure the couple. "It's just the heartbeat.... It's not quite right, hang on." The doctor moved the image around, Tommy didn't know much about ultrasounds but he though he saw two spines in there.
The doctor's face broke into a smile "Congratulations you two, you are the proud parents of twins!" He reached out a hand to steady his son, after his concussion yesterday and this news now, Tommy was looked a little shocked.
"Oh my god!" He managed to blurt out, looking at Kim. His girlfriends face was beaming, twins, they were going to have twins!
"Right, let me just get a few shots of these guys." The doctor was silent as he retrieved the necessary records. "Now, do you want to know the sex?"
"It's kind of unfair isn't Dad, cause you already know don't you?" Tommy was still leaning on the bed. The doctor just grinned; he was elated that he was getting two grandchildren, two!
"Yes please Doc, we want to know" Kimberly managed to get around her joy to remember her manners.
"Okay, we'll you've got a pigeon pair, a boy and a girl!" This was too much for Tommy; he sat down in the seat next to the bed.
"A boy and a girl" He muttered. "Wow" He could feel Billy at the other end of the bond; obviously his joy and shock had jolted Billy a bit, Jason was shaking him, worriedly wanting to know what wrong. Billy wouldn't say anything till Kim and Tommy were ready however.
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About two hours later, with everyone told and the team in celebratory mood, they teleported to Zordon and Alpha to share in their joy. The little robot was bubbling with joy and their mentor was bursting with pride. The confirmation of Doc's announcement earlier that day also roused several suspicions in Zordon's mind. Suspicions that he chose to keep to himself for now.
Okay that's it for now; yes they are having twins, how exciting! Sorry about the long update, hopefully the next will be fore coming but I'll make no promises yet. Please review and let me know what you think of this chapter. If you have any criticisms please make it constructive. Just another reminder that this is AU, and I am Australian so my spelling is different from American. Thanks again!