Chapter 8: Rescuing the Teachers

(Last Time on Fighting for a Family)

Showing Kimberly and Tommy spending time at the beach with their family. It was a great day for the Oliver family. Until Elsa and the White Ranger attacked them on their way home. Then, the enemy kidnapped their parents. When Connor and the other arrived, Ann was the first to greet them. "Connor!" Ann gasped. She jumped into Connor's arms and whimpered.

Tommy and Kimberly were taken to Mesogog's lair. The White Ranger walked over and touched Kimberly's hair and Kimberly closed her eyes. "Leave her alone," Tommy snapped.

(Now the conclusion)

The White Ranger continued touching Kimberly's hair, ignoring Tommy's objection. "Master, if it is all right with you, I would rather keep this one, and you can kill the other if you wish," The White Ranger stated. Kimberly struggled as hard as she could as his gloved hands moved down her arms.

"Forget it," Kimberly snapped.

"I said leave her alone," Tommy ordered.

The White Ranger laughed when he saw the anger in Tommy's eye. "I see a little jealousy," He commented.

"Ranger, that is Dr. Tommy Oliver, the girl is his wife, remember that," Mesogog commented.

"Ah! Yes, I did forget about that for a minute," the White Ranger commented.

Kimberly struggled against her binds when the White Ranger walked over to Tommy, pulled the life force needle down to him. "No, please. I beg you not to hurt him. He's a father, please," she begged. The White Ranger looked at her and stood next to her.

"A father is he?" He asked.

"Yes, a father to three children," she snapped.

"Ah! Elsa, pull the screen down. I'd like to see these children again," he demanded.

A screen came down and it showed Shane, Dustin, Tori, Kira, Connor, and Hayley in the living room. Connor was cradling a now sleeping Ann in his arms. Hayley was rocking Josh in the rocking chair in the corner, and Rebecca was still holding onto Kira with a death grip. "Such a comforting image," he spat. Tommy glared at him and prayed that the rangers would protect their children.

Connor sighed as he again tried to put Ann down, but she had such a death grip on his shirt it was impossible. Tori smiled an walked over to Connor with a smile. "Here, let me have a try," she offered. Tori picked Ann up in her arms and the child curled up against her. "Go get some sleep, Dustin, how about you have a try of getting Rebecca out of Kira's arms, so Kira can get some sleep," Tori insisted. Dustin walked over and picked Rebecca up. The two rangers went upstairs into the two guestrooms to get some sleep. Tori sat down with the sleeping child and sighed.

"Tori, remind me again, why are we keeping a close eye on the residence?" Dustin asked.

"Well, I think Mesogog would want to get the offspring of the best Power Rangers that lived. If they are powerful, there's a chance the kids are too," Tori replied.

Trent and Ethan then came in. "Has there been any word on Dr. O and Mrs. Oliver?" Trent asked.

"Nothing, we've been babysitting all night," Tori replied.

"Where are Connor and Kira?" Ethan asked.

"They needed to sleep, they've been up all night," Hayley replied with a yawn.

Trent walked over and took Josh. "Hayley, get some sleep, you've been awake all night, and we need your brains to help find what Mesogog did with Dr. O and Mrs. Oliver," Trent insisted. Hayley went upstairs and Trent sat down to calm down the whimpering baby.

"I'm guessing it's been a rough night," Ethan commented.

"No joke, we've been taking turns of watching them. It took us longer to calm Ann down, apparently, she saw more than what she needed to see," Tori explained.

"Could you explain of what got Mrs. Oliver so tensed when we found the documentary about a Blood Red Ranger?" Shane asked.

Ethan sat down and had a hard time trying to explain it all. "I think it would be easier if Hayley were here," he insisted.

After a few hours, Hayley came downstairs to see the rest of the Rangers waiting for her. "What?" She asked.

"Hayley, could you explained what was the deal between Mrs. Oliver and the Blood Red Ranger?" Shane asked.

"I can, but it's difficult," she replied.

She sat down and saw Rebecca finally asleep in Dustin's arms. "Well, when Kimberly found out she was pregnant with Ann, she thought she had to break up with Tommy because she didn't want him to be tied down with her and she didn't want him to know about the baby. She met this one guy named Jake, well, the night they met was the night it started Kimberly's whole nightmare. He raped her and beat her after Ann was born. Out of fear, she sent Ann away to France to be with her mother until someone went to get her. Well, one day, Kimberly had enough of the beatings, she grabbed whatever she had and went to search for Tommy, she found him in Reefside. Tommy found his at the time ex-girlfriend standing on his doorstep in the rain. He took her in and she dropped the bomb of telling him that he was a father to a baby girl. Tommy flew to France to get her back and when he did, he had Kimberly tell him exactly what was going on. After awhile, Kimberly received her powers again and she went up against the Blood Red Ranger a. k. a. Jake. He even attacked them on their honeymoon. Kimberly fought him many times and then after Rebecca was born, Kimberly was finally able to defeat Jake. She found out he was only a creation that Mesogog created to destroy her," she explained.

"That's rough," Dustin commented.

Hayley nodded and sighed. "Now, the only thing is, we have to rescue them again," Ethan stated. Ann woke up and yawned.

"Aunt Hayley," she murmured.

Hayley walked over and took Ann from Tori's arms. "Hey, how are you feeling today, Angel?" She asked. Ann's eyes were red and puffy.

"Are you going to save mommy and daddy now?" Rebecca asked.

She got out of Dustin's arms and walked over to Hayley. "Auntie Hayley, are you going to save them?" She asked again. Tori placed a hand on the child's shoulder.

"Don't worry, we'll rescue them," she assured.

Kira and Connor then came downstairs finally rested. "Connor, are you going to save my parents?" Ann asked. Connor picked her up and looked at Kira.

"We'll do our best to save them, I promise," he vowed.

He placed her on the floor and nodded to his friends. "Ready?" He asked.

"Ready," they replied.

"DINO THUNDER! POWER UP! HA!" They yelled.

. "Hayley, keep an eye on everyone," Connor insisted. Hayley nodded and picked Rebecca up.

(The Lair)

Kimberly sighed in relief when they finally left them alone. "Tommy, what are we going to do?" She asked. Tommy struggled against his binds with a groan. "Tommy?" She asked.

"I don't know, all we can do is hope that our friends will come," he replied.

The life force extractor came down on Tommy. "NO!" She screamed. Then a Black Life Force Gem floated three inches above her husband. "NO, TOMMY!" She cried. Mesogog walked over and took the gem. She looked at her husband to see that there was little life force left in him. The only thing that was keeping him alive was his morpher.

"I'll let you watch him suffer," he laughed.

Then he left the room again with the gem. Kimberly looked at her dying husband in tears. "Tommy," she whispered. The White Ranger entered the room again and stood next to Kimberly.

"As soon as your precious Tommy is dead, you will be mine," he stated.

"I will never agree to stay here with you, not while I'm still breathing," she snapped.

The Ranger then brought his head down closer to hers. "We will see, Pink Ranger, we will see," he snarled. Kimberly struggled as hard as she could while looking over at Tommy.

"Tommy, please hang on," she begged.

To be continued...