Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers or any of the weapons associated with the Power Rangers, so if you recognize it, it is not mine. I do own the characters, Ally Jameson, Fanny Abbott, Richard Myles, Dennis Alderway, Amanda Williams, Charlie Hughes, Ashley Meggs, Amy Tillery, Meagan Sipper-Stone, Jack Abrams, Todd Billingsway, and all of the characters featured as karate competitors, as well as any other characters from "Saving the World, Again" that may be brought into this story.

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Now on with the Story!

The Beginning of the Long Wait

Tommy's POV

We have begun to wait out this lull in activity, which is a true blessing, as we are happy for each day that we have that Mesogogg or his forces do not appear in the now, somewhat, peaceful town of Reefside. I'm worried about my wife and our baby, as there is no guarantee that Alpha will be able to detect something if things go the way that everyone thinks that it might when Mesogogg decides to come back after the dino gems.

I know that I would be a basket case if that were to come true, but I try not to think about it most days, as we are trying to enjoy our summer break. This may be one of the last breaks we have for awhile that is not littered with work on the command center and the rangers' Zords or other things that are ranger related, although she may not do a lot of work on that either. Not if I have it my way, but it might be rather hard to have it my way this time. She seems determined to do something, even if it is not the ordinary things.

A few days after we told our family and friends about the baby, something rather odd showed up on Reefside's nightly news. I know what you're thinking, but some people in this town just have the right connections and one of my students happens to be one of those very people, which is just wonderful to have to deal with, especially since I had thought that she had stopped trying to spy on me and instead go after the rangers, which is about the same really, but she does not know that it is me under that mask.

Cassidy had somehow gotten wind of the fact that my wife was pregnant and she decided that everyone needed to know about it right away, although they would have all found out as the summer went on. Reefside is not a very big town and I am sure that eventually most of the people would have known without the news report. Well, it is needless to say that I was pissed when I watched the television broadcast and I didn't do a good job of concealing my anger when Kim got home that evening.

Kim had gone grocery shopping before the broadcast was aired that night; she just wanted to be able to go somewhere alone and the grocery store didn't bother me. There were too many people around for Mesogogg to try something crazy and I knew that he did not want to risk the public finding out any more about him than they already knew, as that would help us, not him. But she had no clue what she was coming home to. She didn't know that I was going to be this mad about all of it; she didn't even know about the broadcast on the news that evening. I said some things that upset her a lot more than I needed to, some things that I deeply regret, but she didn't retaliate this time, I don't think that she could at the time.

Flashback

"Tommy, can you help me bring in the groceries?" Kim asked, as she opened the door to their house and quietly looked around to see if he had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room. It was oddly quiet, but little did she know that Tommy had turned off the television, in order to not slam his fist into it and break it because of his anger.

"You can't get them?" Tommy asked, before he thought about what he was saying. He honestly could not believe that Cassidy had, had the nerve to get someone to say that on the local news. He was not newsworthy, although he did see a great deal of himself on television, not that anyone else knew that it was him in that black uniform that would tell. That was the type of thing he could stand to see, as he was used to it, but everything else that this student had done was not normal, by any means.

"Sure," Kim said quietly sensing that something had made him mad, no actually furious, although she could not see why he would take it out on her. She had not done anything to him, hell; she hadn't even been home most of the day, so why was he so mad at her? "You alright, Tommy?"

"Yes, I'm fine," Tommy snapped, as she gave him a long look before turning towards the door and going to get the groceries without another word to him. If he was going to be like that, so be it, she would just try to avoid him most of the time, but he would have to talk to her eventually, they were married after all.

"How has your day been?" Kim asked, after she had brought in the groceries and had the bags settled around the kitchen, depositing the food from each bag in its normal place around the kitchen. She didn't know if she wanted to hear about it, but it would be all right either way or so she thought.

"It was just wonderful, one of my students decided to publicize my life, which pisses me off and you aren't even acting as if you care about any of it," Tommy said, as he suddenly caught how he was sounding and the fact that she didn't know anything about this. He had been so caught up in his madness towards Cassidy that he had completely forgotten about how Kim would take this now. He had tried to be careful, but he just was not able to do that, because of how mad he was. He never wanted someone to feel as if they needed to investigate his life; otherwise, they would find out some things about him that he had never wanted anyone to even think about. "I'm sorry."

"Just put up the groceries, Tommy," Kim said quietly, as she started crying at his harshness, but she did not want any comfort that came from him right now. She just wanted him to leave her alone and let her try to figure out why he was acting like this towards her.

End of Flashback

She cried for hours because of what I said to her that night, although she was not the person that I was mad at, by any means. That was even worse to see than anything else was, I never wanted to make her cry like that and when I did, I felt like dirt that she had stomped into the welcome mat before coming inside after a bad day at work.

I never felt lower in my life and I hope that I will never feel that way again. I wound up sleeping on the couch that night, because I didn't feel like I deserved to sleep in the same bed next to her, not with how hurt she seemed about what I said while I was still too angry to think about what was coming out of my mouth.

The next morning, I woke up to find her snuggled up next to me, barely able to stay on the couch, as I had taken up more room than I usually do, as I wanted to make myself feel like there was no more room for anyone next to me. It's hard for me to sleep without her next to me, but I guess I was too distressed to think about it. I know that I hadn't woken up when she had come down there, but I knew that I was forgiven, as she never would sleep next to me if I wasn't.

From that day forward I have been trying to censor everything that I say, trying not to trigger a mood swing that I will regret causing. She hasn't been the one to say anything hurtful, but I feel that my day is coming. There is bound to be a day when her mood will swing to the nasty side and I'm just hoping that I won't have had a bad day at the dojo or something like that. Then I know that my mood will follow hers as well and we really will have a fight.

As for Mesogogg, well he has not done anything that makes us think that he is close to having his full power back, but who really knows about that one. The longer that he is away, the longer we will be able to protect ourselves and our baby from any harm, although I think that both of us would give up anything to make sure that the baby is alright. I know that if we were to be attacked I'd jump in front of anything that came in front of her, but she wouldn't want me to do that. I'd have to, she's my wife, and that's my baby, too. We know that we may be waiting for a long time before he returns, but we are ready for whenever that day will come.

AN: I know that this is a very short last chapter, but I couldn't think of any other way to make the transition between these two stories smoother, so I hope that you like it. Feel free to review, but I have to remind you that it will probably be a few weeks before the third story begins, as I have one story to finish posting in between.