Chapter Three
"Well, well. Looky what I found." Michael chuckled, an evil smile on his face.
"So you found me….." Kim said, throwing her hands up, "So what. What do you think you're gonna do, huh?" Michael rushed her and she kicked him in the stomach. He fell to the ground. The other guy with him, who looked like the ghetto version of Captain Jack Sparrow, took a step toward Tommy and threw a punch. Tommy caught his hand and threw him back.
"Be careful, or you're gonna get hurt." he told the Captain.
"Or you might." The Captain spat, getting up and going after Tommy again. Tommy dodged his high kick and tripped him so he fell down the stairs. He watched the guy fall. He turned his head and saw Kim go flying towards the railing. He knew she'd either go through it or over it. Instead she grabbed onto it and hung there.
"Tommy!" she screamed. He ran to her and grabbed her hand. She slipped and fell.
"Kim!" he yelled. She fell and landed on her back on his couch, but hit her head on the table next to it. She was out. Tommy looked around and saw Michael coming at him from one direction and the Captain coming back up the stairs again towards him. He jumped up and over the railing & landed on his feet on the floor. Then he ran into his kitchen.
"Dino Thunder Power Up!" he called. He morphed into his black ranger form. He heard the two men running down the stairs after him. Tommy went around the corner and met them face to face.
"Get out." The Black Ranger growled at the two men, "And if you ever come near Kimberly Hart and her daughter Sami, you will have me to answer to. And I don't think you want that." The two men were standing there shaking.
"I think we should go man." The Captain said, shakily. The two men ran out of the house and into their car and drove away.
"Power Down!" Tommy called and his Black Ranger form fell away and he was Tommy again. Tommy ran over to Kim, who was still out cold. He ran his hand through her hair and he begged her to wake up. When he lifted his hand again, it was covered in blood. He immediately called 911.
Kim lay in a hospital bed in stable condition several hours later. She had minor head injuries and a couple cracked ribs. Tommy sat in a chair next to her bed. He felt so guilty. He felt like it was his fault that she was in this position all over again. She still hadn't come out of it. He heard the door open and turned to see Haley come in with Sami in her arms.
"Hey, how is she?" Haley asked, teary eyed. Tommy didn't know it, but Haley had known Kim for a while because Kim was Haley's mentor in Florida. She'd never told Tommy that though. Haley used to be a gymnast like Kim but quit to go to college. She and Kim had been roommates and Kim told her everything there was to know about Tommy except the whole ranger part. Haley found that out from Tommy when she met him in grad school. She just never mentioned that she knew Kim.
"The doctor said that she could come out of it at anytime, but the longer it lasts the less likely it is." He said. Sami reached for him and he took her from Haley.
"I'll call Kira and see if she can baby-sit. I don't think Sami needs to see her mother like this." Haley said and left the room. A couple minutes later she returned.
"Kira and Conner are on their way." She said. Haley sat down in the chair next to Tommy and stared at him. She had tears in her eyes.
"Haley, are you alright?" Tommy asked. Haley looked up at him, and the tears in her eyes poured into rivers that fell down her cheeks.
"Tommy, I know more than you think." Haley croaked.