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Tommy's PainTommy's POV
I watched as my wife fell to the ground from a pulse that had obviously been cast by Richard towards her and I knew, deep down, that although the tryadrones were gone, we still had to deal with these idiots and their ever weakening powers for a little while longer. One thing that I have learned while doing all of this, is just because their powers are weaker, it does not mean that the person's spirits are, as even I have gone through that one a couple of times before and it is not fun.
I was praying, as I watched, that she would stand up and shrug it off, as she had done so many times before when Richard had knocked her to the ground with one of those pulses. As the seconds passed, I knew that she was not going to stand up under her own power and that she would stay there until one of us teleported her out of here and back to the command center where Hayley and Alpha could, hopefully, help her.
My mind was trying to tell me to remain calm, that she would be fine. We'd get her to Billy and Alpha and they would take care of her. It was just that she had, had a rough few hours and that she was already pretty drained from that and the fact that she had somehow gotten a fire bulb had taxed her as well. She had survived much worse than being hit by one pulse of energy. Hell, she even defeated Nicarni-Aso by herself with basically no reserves left inside her body. She'd be fine, she just would.
My heart, however, won, as it was telling me to go after Richard and make him pay for the pain that she was feeling right now and the gut wrenching feeling I had in the pit of my stomach. I tossed Zeltrax out of the way, leaving another dent in his armor and was heading straight for Richard before Jason stopped me, which probably saved my life this time. Richard seemed to be just as mad as I was and it would not do Kim any good if I died, trying to make myself feel like I got revenge with this man. There will be time for that later, if I am just able to be patient and wait for that time to arise.
"We're getting her out of here, Tommy," Jason said, as he watched Rocky pick her limp body up and teleport back to the command center, faster than he had ever seen Rocky do something before, as he knew how serious the situation was.
He could tell that Tommy desperately wanted to leave the battle and go be with Kim, as he felt responsible, but he was needed there more than anyone could imagine. Although Jason was willing to tell him to leave them as soon as he muttered one word that he wanted to go be with her. Kim was what had gotten Tommy through hard times before, but he was never himself when something like this happened and none of them were too sure how he was going to react, besides the rage that was normal for him to experience at this time.
"That's a good thing," Tommy said, as his mind had not moved off of getting revenge for what Richard had done to Kim since she had hit the ground and Jason could tell it. Jason had, had to talk Tommy out of doing some crazy things before, but he could only hope that he was still able to do that now, as Tommy did not seem like he wanted to be swayed on this one.
"Tommy, don't get yourself in that condition, too. She's gonna need you when she wakes up and you don't need to be laying on the gurney next to her when she does. You'll be able to get revenge later, lets just worry about getting these things out of here first. We can worry about payback next time," Jason said, as Tommy sighed and then placed his gloved hand over the face of his helmet, before acknowledging how right Jason was.
She would need him when she woke up from this, just like he so desperately needed her by his side right now. If only he had never done a lot of things over the last year, then she probably wouldn't have landed in the situation she was in right now, but he could not concentrate on those types of thoughts, for the time being.
He had to remain here to fight off Zeltrax, Elsa, Richard, and Mesogogg, but hopefully they would get the idea that they were not going to win, sometime soon and just leave them the hell alone. So, he could go be with her and not feel guilty about leaving the rangers without him, as he knew that he could only stay out there for so long before the stress would get to him and then they would just be a ranger short, as he would no longer be any good in the field.
"I have to fight, you of all people should know that, Jase," Tommy said, as Richard sent a pulse towards him, but he somehow managed to block it from having any affect on him, whatsoever. Which he was surprised about, but he had always been able to do odd things when he was mad with a particular person, especially if that person had harmed someone that he loved.
When Mesogogg noticed that the black ranger did not so much as stumble from the blast that Richard had dealt to him, he became worried that his plan was truly failing him this time. He had only heard, in passing, how formidable the black ranger could be when pissed off and he was unfortunate enough to see it in action, for the first time, now. He knew that if he wanted to save what forces he had left, they had to leave immediately and that would mean admitting defeat, once again to the rangers. He already had enough to rebuild and there was no way he could find more henchmen, as the three of them had been hard to find in the first place.
"We'll see you again, Oliver," Mesogogg said, opening an invisaportal and his troops quickly dove through it, knowing if they were unlucky enough to not make it through, their fate would not be a pleasant one. Tommy and the other rangers would take care of them, without so much as a second thought as to what they were doing to them.
They had made the mistake of drawing the older and wiser rangers' back into duty and they were going to pay for that mistake in every way that they could imagine. It had never been in the plan to get them involved, to such an extent, that they would be there for the final battle, but it seemed that they had just done that without even thinking about it. Now, not only did they have to rebuild their troops, but also they had to make a new plan that would work against so many trained rangers.
"Tommy, go. We'll clean things up here," Adam said, as they powered down and looked at the mess in front of them. Crates were destroyed, some things were still on fire, although it had dwindled out for the most part, and even some parts of the pier had been destroyed, but this could all be fixed with a little bit of work.
Their friend's life couldn't be if something had happened to her and they could only pray that it hadn't, as Rocky had not teleported back to give them a progress report yet. She had not looked to be in her best condition, but they could only hope that it would wear off soon, that she would be back to her normal self, and that Tommy would be able to just give her a hug and not worry about hurting her with his touch. That was what he needed to do, in order to feel that she forgave him for not being able to stop it, although they all knew that Kim wouldn't blame him for what happened in the least bit. She knew what could happen and would tell him so if he pressed the issue very far.
"Thanks," Tommy said, grasping his wrist and teleporting himself to the command center, not knowing what to expect to see there. He could only hope that she was in a semi-conscious state already, although he was fairly certain that she was far from that, as she had not even stirred in the field.
She usually would move some after something like that happened, before she fainted, but this time, she just didn't and that honestly scared him to death. He didn't want to face the fear that there was nothing that Hayley and Alpha could do and that they would have to take her to the hospital. If that happened, then they were going to have to come up with one good lie to cover it all or they might even have to tell a partial portion of the truth, if it came to that.
"We're going to clean up? Why in the world would we do that?" Conner asked, surprised, as Dr. O had never asked them to do this before, and they had, had some ugly problems, where more than part of a pier was destroyed by the battle that they fought in.
He wanted to go check on Mrs. Oliver, but the other, older, rangers seemed to think it was best to keep them away for a little while, even if they didn't like doing that, which made no sense to him. Why would they keep themselves away from a place that they felt they needed to be at? She was their friend as well, so why didn't they want to see her right away? Why did they want to stay away?
"Yes, Conner and we're also giving Tommy some time to get some of the stress out of his system. Trust me, you don't want to see him when he first sees how she is right now. He's not going to be anything like the teacher that you know so well," Jason said, as Rocky teleported back in, to signify Tommy was there with her now and hopefully everything would work out alright. None of them liked the look on Rocky's face, but they just hoped it was because of the battle that they had gone through over the last few hours and not because of how Kim was doing.
"How is she, Rocky?" Kat asked, as they worked together to throw the broken crates into a pile that could easily be disposed of by the owner of the building.
They hadn't meant to destroy any of it, but sometimes it just happened and the least that they could do was clean some of it up before the proper authorities showed, then they would have to make themselves scarce. It was not that they didn't want to help from that point forward, it was only that they could not risk being too suspicious for someone's liking. If that happened, then they would be in deep trouble with quite a few people.
"I don't know. She was still out when I left and it didn't look all that great. She doesn't look to have anything physically wrong with her, but her powers are drained," Rocky said, as Kat closed her eyes and tried to suppress the emotions that were flowing through her. She could remember when Tommy had taken care of her like that and it was one thing that she was glad about, but she had seen that when Tommy took care of Kim, it was completely different. It seemed to her that when things went wrong with the two of them, that the other couldn't function and that was the way it was supposed to be, as she found Adam and herself becoming more like that. She just wished that some of things that left a bad taste in her mouth would not have happened while she was a ranger, but they had and she had learned to deal with all of it, even if it was not easy to push aside. "I don't think that Tommy is going to take this good."
"God no," Tommy muttered, as he saw how pale Kim was, even in the dim light that was being cast on her from the scanners that were trying to detect any problem that they could easily fix at the command center. The bruises seemed to be appearing upon her body by the second as he reached out to touch her and felt that her skin was cold to the touch, which he did not expect. His hand traveled up her arm and to her face as he kneeled down beside the gurney, ignoring Hayley and Alpha's presence in the command center. He then put his head down on her lap, as he clutched a piece of her pants and her shirt in each respective hand. His sobs were now the only sound that could be heard in the command center while Hayley and Alpha tried to help Kim as much as they could, without disturbing the grieving Tommy. He needed to be able to cry, but they needed to be able to help her as well. So they would eventually have to disturb him, but he was all right for the time being. "Why couldn't it be me instead of you, Beautiful?"
"Tommy, we know that you're upset, but you have to let us help her," Alpha said, as Tommy straightened his back and stood up for a few seconds while he looked down at her. Hayley had never seen Tommy look that pained over something, in all of the years that she had known him, but he was now barely able to hold the sobs inside of himself, as she placed a chair behind him and he quickly seated himself in it, not thinking to thank her. His mind was miles away from there.
His mind was screaming at him for not being there for her, but he couldn't have done anything different, even if he had tried to change it and he hated admitting that to himself right now. But it really was the truth this time. All the times that he had made a break for her, something got in his way and it usually wasn't just a tryadrone, as they had learned to leave him alone a long time ago. He couldn't risk pissing Zeltrax off and him walking over and killing her, just because he could. If that had happened, he was as good as gone off the deep in, as he would no longer be able to control his emotions, and he would go on a rampage that none of the rangers could stop, no matter how hard they tried.
"I know, Alpha," Tommy said, as he placed his face in his hands and cried more of the pent up tears he had been trying to hold inside.
No one would have believed it; if they had saw him at the dojo with her, as they always joked around and seemed so lighthearted about things, as if they never took anything too seriously. To an outsider, they looked to have a great life, but to those that were involved in ranger work on a daily basis, they knew they had to do that to keep themselves from going crazy, as it was not like they could change the things that happened to them. Death was always at their doorstep and being captured was just a heartbeat away; no matter how hard they tried to deny it, they lived the life of chance. A life that not many other people would be willing to live at all.
This hurt him more than anything did; to know that Mesogogg had almost taken her away from him, just like Lord Zedd had tried to do so many years before and he had failed in his attempt, as well. He no longer cared if he sounded possessive, selfish, obsessed, or anything else that she would not like him to sound like when he was talking about her. He loved her and he wanted to protect her, but he had failed her at the time that she had needed him the most and he did not like it at all. He never liked knowing that he had failed someone, especially the way that he had failed her this time.
"Tommy, give her a little while to wake up, but this treatment should have her awake in a few minutes, if the damage isn't too great," Alpha said, as the black ranger looked up at him before giving the robot a hug and then sitting back down in his chair. He could only pray that it would work as quickly as Alpha said it would. He needed to see her eyes, needed to see her smile, needed to know that she really was all right this time.
She had appeared to be very weak when they first had gotten her back and away from Richard, and all of the other threats upon her life. He knew that she shouldn't have even morphed after going through something like that, but he had been selfish and wanted her out there with him, thinking he could protect her, but it almost cost her, her life, which was something he had never thought he would put in danger again. He had always tried to protect her, by doing what he thought was right, however, keeping her out there had been the wrong move this time and if she didn't wake up, he would never forgive himself for it.
"She awake?" Billy murmured as they teleported in, but they kept a safe distance away from the gurney, as Tommy sat in a chair staring at her, willing her to wake up and look at him, with a smile on her face. They could tell, just by looking at Tommy's back that he was still crying as it shook with the silent sobs that were threatening to verbalize themselves.
Him crying this much was much more than the young rangers thought Tommy would or even could cry about something that had happened in battle, until today. He had always been able to push his emotions to the side, but he was not able to do that this time. It was Kim and that seemed to be enough of an explanation to all of them as to why he was acting like this. There was nothing else that could cause him to act like this and they knew that.
"No," Hayley said, simply, as they collectively shuddered before Trini let out a soft sob, which caught everyone, even Tommy's, attention.
That was when they first got a full view of how upset Tommy really was about all of it. His eyes were already puffy and red and he couldn't seem to keep his hands out of his black hair, because of the frustration, he felt about everything that had happened. The ones that knew him the longest could tell that he was blaming himself for some of this happening to her, which was something Kim would not want to hear when she woke up. Tommy had always taken things like this hard, but it seemed like he was taking it worse now, than he ever had before.
"Poor Dr. O," Kira said, as Trent put an arm around her, while she wiped away the tears that were leaking out of the corner's of her eyes, as she could not imagine going through what Dr. O was going through. She didn't know what she would do if Trent was the one on that gurney, but she was sure that it would be close to what Dr. O was doing right now or even worse if that was humanly possible.
"We better go upstairs, Kira," Trent whispered, as he knew that Dr. O would not be able to take the chatter, as they could only stay silent for so long.
He felt horrible about what had happened to Kim, but the last thing they needed right now was a bunch of teenagers hanging around while they were trying to make sure that she would be alright and they all hoped that she would be. If she wasn't, Dr. O would go after Mesogogg by himself, if they would let him and maybe even if they wouldn't. He seemed to already want to do that, but he didn't seem to have the energy to do that now.
"Jason, is she going to be alright?" Trini asked, praying that he would just wrap her up in a tight hug and tell her that everything would be all right, even if it might not be in the end.
They all needed the sense of hope, as it might not be good, even when she did wake up. There were injuries that Alpha and Hayley could not take care of, but they all prayed that she had none of those and it was just her being drained from everything that had happened and that, that would explain why the pulse had knocked her out so easily. They didn't really want to think of the other options.
"I don't know," Jason said, honestly, as he gave her a tight hug and heard her sobs coming out against his chest, as his shirt was being soaked by the tears. He felt her shaking against his grasp, as he knew that she had never really experienced Kim being like this before now. She had been gone from the ranger world before that had happened for the first time, but he knew what it was like and had expected it to be like this or worse for those that had never seen her in this situation. He, however, had hoped that Tommy would be able to control his emotions in some way, but he was still unable to do that and Jason could tell by looking around at the people that could remember him being like this before, that it had not been this bad last time. That he had been able to reign in his emotions, somehow, but he had the feeling that it had a lot to do with the fact that they weren't dating and nothing else. "But I'm sure that she'll wake up Trini. It just takes time."
"Jason, it hit her head on," Trini whispered, as she heard Tommy let out a sob that he had been trying to hold in, which startled quite a few of them.
He had never sobbed before when things happened to Kim and none of them were sure if they could deal with him at all in this state. He knew deep down, what Trini said was true, it had hit her head on, with its full force doing exactly what it was meant to do and he hated knowing that he had not been able to stop it.
"Come on, honey. Let's go upstairs. Tommy doesn't need us talking about it and we all just need to try to get some rest," Jason said, as they heard Kim groan, but not wake up from her sleep. Tommy then started pacing alongside the gurney; murmuring barely audible encouragement's to her. She just had to wake up soon.
"Beautiful, come on," Tommy muttered, brushing a hand on the side of her face, over the scratches that Mesogogg had left on her skin and gently tracing each one with loving care. He knew that they would go away with time, but it wouldn't matter to him if he was never able to see her eyes look at him again. "Don't do this to me, baby."
"Billy, you couldn't help her any?" Aisha asked, as they all had settled themselves around the furniture in the living room.
Trini was still crying and Kat was just sitting there, staring off into space, as Adam rocked her back and forth in his lap. None of the rangers were taking it well, but the female rangers were taking it the hardest, as they were not afraid to show their emotions and most of the guys had let a few tears trail down their cheeks before they somehow managed to recompose themselves. They had to somehow focus themselves on what could be ahead of them and if Kim was still unconscious when Mesogogg came back, then they were just going to have to leave her there and pray for the best.
"No, Hayley and Alpha have done everything that they can do. I'll just be in the way if I go down there," Billy said, as they could tell that it was bothering him that he was not able to help their friend. Kim was a strong girl, she always had been, but they didn't even know if she was strong, enough to go through all of that and not have some lasting effects on her body, but none of them wanted to be the person to bring that up. So, it continued to pass through their minds, but it was never verbalized, as verbalizing it would somehow make it more true to all of them. "We just have to wait and hope that it works for her. If she's not awake by morning, I'll go contact the people from Aquitar. They can help us."
"Billy, should you even wait that long?" Kat asked, as he looked over at her and then sighed. Who was he fooling? The people from Aquitar could help, but by morning, Tommy would probably be ready to take her to the hospital and they would not object to that at all.
"We all know Tommy, he won't contact anyone unless things get really bad and I hate saying it, but things might get that bad," Billy said, as they nodded their heads in agreement and then they fell silent, not wanting to talk about anything that had to deal with the two of them. "She should have been awake by now."
"Is Dr. O always like this when something happens to her?" Conner asked, truly curious as to why he had never seen Dr. O act like this until today.
They really had not expected him to have a reaction that was as emotionally charged as Kim's had been in his experience like this, which was just wishful thinking. They should have known, by now, that the two of them were really the only things that had ever happened to make the other believe in love and without the other there, things were never as good for them.
"Yeah, he is," Zack said, simply as they went silent, not willing to elaborate on it tonight. There was not much left for them to talk about, as the hours went by, some of them drifted off to sleep, while others began pacing around the living room. They knew that Hayley or Alpha would come tell them when she woke up, so it was obvious that she had not.
Trini had long cried herself to sleep, when the ones that were still awake heard the door to the command center creak open, only for Hayley to sit down next to Billy and cry on his shoulder. She had finally cracked and could no longer take the situation downstairs, which had caused Alpha to tell her to leave and not to worry, he could do the work. It was just too depressing to be down there, she could not focus on anything, and it was for her own good, as Tommy was likely to snap at any moment, as well.
"It's gonna be alright," Billy whispered as Hayley's shoulders shook as she could not help but continue to cry. She just hadn't got any better over the last few hours and it seemed that everything that they did, just didn't work for her. She had never experienced anything like it before and she honestly did not know how Billy had been able to do it for all of those years. She had been able to take Tommy being out, because Kim's reaction was expected. She had not expected to see Tommy like that. "Sometimes it takes this long for someone to wake up when they've had their powers depleted so badly."
"I know, Billy, but…"Hayley said, not knowing how to word what she was thinking. Kim's vital status was fine, but she just had not woken up yet and it was killing Tommy, as he could not sleep at all.
He had cried himself out a few hours before, but now he was laying his head on her stomach, much like what she had done when he had been the one that would not wake up. He had been talking to her and everything that he said; Hayley didn't even know about half of it and what she did know about, she was surprised Tommy was saying in front of her and Alpha. He could not function like a normal person without her and they all knew it now. She could only hope Kim would wake up soon, for all of them, but especially for Tommy.
"She'll be alright. She's come through worse than this before," Billy said, now rocking her back and forth in his arms, trying to get her to calm down or at least go to sleep, because of the tears that were flowing so readily from her eyes.
"Beautiful, I know that I was really stubborn about some things that you really wanted to have happen lately. Kim, I don't care anymore about holding off on things, I want you to be happy and I'll do whatever you want me to. Come on, please wake up," Tommy said, as he reached his hand up and placed it on her cheek.
She was not as cold as she had been earlier and he could only hope that it was a sign that she would wake up soon. He then lifted his head off of her stomach and gave her a kiss on the cheek before sitting back in his chair and just staring at her. Everything that he had said to her, he meant with every fiber of his being and he would do all of it, if she asked him to.
He had no clue how she had been able to sleep while he was lying on that gurney, unconscious, other than the fact that she had not been able to sleep in two days because of the fact that they did not know where he was or how they could get him back. He just could not bring himself to do that; he wanted to see her wake up and he just hoped that she would wake up soon. Alpha kept giving her treatments every hour or so, but the only thing that they had seemed to do was cause her to mutter something, before returning to the state that she was in, which did not help Tommy's spirits any.
"Tommy, get some rest. I'll come and get you if she wakes up," Alpha said, as he did not like seeing Tommy like this, at all.
He had been the one ranger that rarely had an emotional breakdown like this one and when he did, Kim had always been the one to lift him up and get him back on track. For his breakdown to be caused by her, only one thing would cure him and it was her waking up. It might take a very long, time, and he did not want to hear that at all, which was the one thing that kept Alpha silent about the situation. If Tommy had been taking things alright he would have told him, but he was not.
"No, Alpha. I'm going to stay with her. I have to stay with her," Tommy said, as he reached out his hand and engulfed her hand in his, scared to let her go. He could only stare at the bruises that were on her hand and could not believe that this had happened.
She had been through worse, without so much as stumbling, but even Tommy could not know what had happened to her while Mesogogg had her and that did not give him any comfort. If he had stunned her as many times as he was sure that he had been stunned, then there was no telling how weak she had been before she had used her powers to help them get to her. She just never seemed to let on that there was a problem and if she had, he would have gladly teleported her home himself, without a second thought as to what was happening in the field. She had to be safe. That was the most important thing in his mind.
"Um," Kim muttered, as she shook her head back and forth, trying to break through the sleep that she was in. Tommy looked up at her, as his attention turned to her face, and prayed that she really was waking up and it wasn't just more sporadic movement from her. He did not know if he could take that happening too many more times, as it had happened several times already. He could tell that she was not in a very peaceful sleep and if she would only wake up, then he would take her upstairs and let her fall asleep in his arms, like he wanted her to. "Where am I?"
"You're home, Beautiful, you're home," Tommy said, looking down at her, as he started to cry, again. She turned her head to look at him and smiled at how worried he had been about her. Seeing his tears was enough to make her wonder if she could really take all of this, but she knew that he had been just as worried about her as she had feared he would be. Her body was begging her to go back to sleep, as it needed some more rest to recover from everything that happened, but she needed to tell him that she really was fine, so he could stop worrying about it. He needed to have a chance to stop worrying, for a little while. "Oh, Kim."
"I'm fine, Handsome, I'm fine," Kim said, as Tommy picked her up and sat her in his lap, as he cried against her, holding her as close as he could glad that she was all right. He occasionally kissed her on any revealed skin while he continued to cry, as he looked at her, so happy that she had woken up and seemed to be all right, despite the bruises and cuts. "Tommy, what's gotten into you? This has happened before, it's no big deal."
"You were knocked out for so long," Tommy said, as he placed a hand on her cheek and stared into her eyes. She was now looking at his tear streaked face and saw that he really had some things he wanted to say to her. It broke her heart to see him this upset and worried about her, when she could have prevented it, by going down into the command center when her communicator went off this afternoon, but she had thought that it could wait, for a little while. She knew that she would never do that again after what happened to her and unless Tommy asked, she was not going to retell what happened tonight. It would take too long to do that. "I don't want to wait anymore, Kim. I want us to go ahead and have kids, while we're both still here to enjoy it. I know things could happen to either of us, but I'm willing to risk it. Mesogogg's not going to be able to fight for awhile and we both know that."
"Do you know what you just said?" Kim asked, as she moved her head down onto his shoulder. If he was serious about this, he had just made her happier than she had ever thought he would be able to, as them getting married had held that moment until now and it still might in some ways.
"Yeah, I do and I'm serious about it. I can't go on knowing that you want something and I don't want to ever have to come home to the house like it was today," Tommy said, as the scene flashed in his mind again, before he let out a broken sob. Kim looked at him, before she pulled his head up to look at her. He did not have the right to hang his head, he was human after all, and things were bound to make him feel like this, although it was not as often as his wife's emotional swings. It had been years since he had been like this and it made her uncomfortable. "It scared me, Kim, it really scared me to know what had happened and to know that I had not been here to try to stop it."
"I'm alright, Tommy. It could have been worse, but we got through it. We're both still here," Kim said and then gave him a gentle kiss on the lips before he smiled at her. She was so glad to see that smile back on his face and she hoped that she would never have another reason in her lifetime to see him as upset as he had been tonight. She had always been the one that needed to be consoled, but to see him, when he needed it so much, was something that she could barely comprehend.
"I know, but it really couldn't be much worse for me Kim. You mean so much to me," Tommy said, as she reached out to wipe away his tears, before her arm caught in pain.
She looked down at her arm and saw that nothing looked wrong, but with everything that she had been through, she was not surprised by the soreness. Tommy noticed the look on her face and reached up to massage out some of the tightness, while she gave him a happy smile and a hug before she thought of something that might not be so good for them spending time alone, although they needed this time together.
"You mean a lot to me too. Tommy, are the others alright?" Kim asked, as he looked up at her and realized that they were probably still in the living room, waiting for someone to come up and tell them that she had woken up. Alpha, could not really leave the command center, it was too much of a risk that he would be discovered. As for Hayley, well, Tommy vaguely remembered Alpha telling her to go upstairs and get some rest, as she was close to having an emotional breakdown of her own.
"Yeah, but they don't know you've woken up. Is it alright if she goes upstairs?" Tommy asked, Alpha, as the robot had been keeping his distance. He didn't want to get in their way and he had managed to not do that, which was something that he was quite proud of.
"Yes," Alpha said, as Kim stood up, under her own power and gave Alpha a hug.
She knew that she needed to tell everyone thanks for being there, but she knew that she owed Alpha and Hayley the most thanks. They had been the ones that managed to keep Tommy from going crazy while she was out and she couldn't thank them enough for that. Tommy was just happy that she could walk on her, as he had been scared that she might not be able to do that, when she wasn't morphed, but she somehow, was able to.
"Thank you, Alpha," Kim said, with a smile, as Tommy grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs. He carefully helped her out of the command center, insuring that the door didn't hit her on her way out of the command center. When they walked into the living room, many of their friends were asleep, but Billy was still awake, as he couldn't help but be worried.
"Thank you," Billy said, as he saw Kim walking next to Tommy with a smile on her face. She looked like she had been through a tough battle, but she was still the same old Kim, who was going to try to make them think she was perfectly fine, until it was just her and Tommy. Some of the other rangers started to stir, hearing what Billy had said, but it didn't really hit them what it was until they saw Kim sitting down next to Tommy on the floor.
"You shouldn't scare us like that," Trini said, as she looked over at Kim and gave her a fierce hug. Jason let out a gentle laugh, as they all smiled about Trini's reaction. They would have expected Tommy to say that, but hearing it from Trini was just funny for all of them.
"Trini, I hate to tell you, but you might want to get used to seeing me and anyone else here on that gurney," Kim said, as the laughing stopped and they looked at her.
They really didn't want to think about how real this could have been for any of them, but she seemed to be willing to let them know about all of it. Tommy's silent tears had started up again and they could understand it completely. The two of them had done so much that they could not help but deal with this right now and they were going to tell the truth about all of it, even if it hurt.
"Don't talk like that," Jason said, as they all looked at him. He had not said much about anything since they had gotten back, other than to try to calm Trini down.
They all knew that Jason had a soft spot for the pink ranger and her being his little sister made him scared about all of it. He knew that he never wanted to see Trini in the condition that she had been in today and could only imagine what it was doing to Tommy's heart right now. They had all been through some rough things, but in order to defeat Mesogogg they would probably spend several more evenings like this, whether they liked it or not.
"Jason, I'm fine, you know that," Kim said with a smile and then yawned. "We just have to face the reality some times and this is one of those times."
"How long do you think it will be?" Rocky asked, as he was wondering how it would be best to prepared Ally for this. If he had to leave tomorrow, then he would just have to lay everything out for her tonight. He did not want to do that, but he might have to, so he would not be lying to her about the one thing that she had made him promise to not lie about.
"I don't know. It could be a few weeks or it could be a few years," Tommy said, as they looked at him and then looked away. That was not what they had wanted to hear from him, but he couldn't lie about that or they would get him back for it.
"So we could be doing this for years before Mesogogg comes back?" Conner asked, trying to comprehend what Dr. O had said. It didn't really make any sense, but they would be all right with it, somehow.
"Yeah, we could," Tommy said, not wanting to elaborate on the subject tonight. They all needed to get home and get some rest; then they could worry about everything else that was going on. "I don't know about all of you, but I'm tired and we all need to get some rest."
"Dr. O, are you asking us to go home?" Trent asked with a smile, as he took hold of his communicator and prepared himself to be teleported to his home for some much needed rest.
"Yeah, but why don't you go home with Kira? I don't think your dad is going to be home tonight," Tommy said, as a few of them cast him suspicious looks before they were teleported to their homes, leaving just Kira and Trent in their living room.
"Dr. O, is there something you know that we don't?" Kira asked, as Kim looked up at Tommy and just gave him a long hug before she got off of the floor to go upstairs and try to go to sleep. She didn't really want to leave Tommy, but this explanation could take forever and she desperately needed rest and she was not going to kid herself about that.
"Well, it's not something we know for a fact, but it's a suspicion we've had for awhile about Anton Mercer," Tommy said, as Trent looked at him and slowly nodded. Alpha had already broken it to him and he understood that if he wanted to leave he could, but his responsibility really was to Kira and the other rangers.
"What is it?" Kira asked, as Trent gave her a hug and then started to speak. Dr. O didn't have to say anything, he had been through enough today already.
"My father is Mesogogg, Kira and he has to be taken care of. I don't know if he'll live through the final battle that we have, but there are more people at risk, if I were to give up my powers, namely you," Trent said, as Kira laid her head on his shoulder and he gave her a simple kiss on the forehead.
"You can stay as long as you want, but I'm going to go upstairs and go to sleep and I suggest the two of you get some rest as well," Tommy said, as he stood up from his position on the couch and watched Trent nod in recognition that he had, indeed, heard him.
"Tommy," Kim muttered, as she heard him walk into their bedroom, trying to be as quiet as he could. He thought that she would have already been asleep, but she had to talk to him for a little while.
"Hey, why are you still awake?" Tommy asked, as he had slipped off his jeans and shirt before crawling into bed next to her. She had not even bothered to try to change into a nightgown tonight and was only in her underwear. She had only a limited amount of energy left and had to pick and choose what she could do. "I thought that you woud have already gone to sleep."
"I just wanted to talk to you," Kim said; as he wrapped his arms around her and felt her snuggle closer to him. She felt that her eyes were already trying to close on her, but she was not going to let them do that until she said a few things.
"Alright," Tommy said, as he lay there, content to listen to whatever was on her mind, knowing that she would have done the same thing if he had asked.
"I've missed you this week," Kim said, as she turned around in his arms to give him a kiss on the cheek. "Tommy, honey, if you don't want to try for a baby yet, I understand. We have other things that we have to do right now and I don't want you to be worried about me and a on the way baby if Mesogogg decided to come back soon."
"Kim, we've said that whatever happens, happens. Let's just leave it that," Tommy said, as he found himself tempted and he gave her a, what was supposed to be, quick kiss. He knew that this week apart had done things to him, but he had never imagined himself feeling like this, but she was just as happy about it all. No matter how tired they both were.
AN: That's all for this chapter, no sex scene (lol). I hope that you liked this chapter and how she woke up. I know that I pulled this problem out for a long time and I hope that you have liked it being like this. Let me know what you think and until next time, happy reading! Only three chapters left!