Chapter 9: The Titanium Ranger

Kimberly was in the lab with Ms. Fairweather and the rest of the Rangers. She came in with the Titanium Morpher in hand and looked at Carter. "Okay, Carter, are you ready for this?" She asked. Dana bit her lower lip a little worried about might happen to Carter. Carter took a deep breath and nodded.

"As ready as I'll ever be," he replied.

"Okay, follow me," she instructed.

She led her friend into the room and as the scientists got everything on Carter, Kimberly strapped the Titanium Morpher onto his wrist. She took a deep breath and then she watched as Hunter, Blake, and Hannah came running in. "What are you three doing here?" She asked.

"We came to see the test," Hunter replied.

Kimberly smiled at her kids before looking at Carter. "Are you sure you want to do this?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure," he replied.

Kimberly could feel all her friends' worries and then she walked over to stand behind Hunter. She placed her hands on his shoulders as Ms. Fairweather got ready for Carter to start the test. "Begin testing," she instructed. Carter then held the morpher up.

"TITANIUM POWER!" He shouted.

Kimberly's eyes widened in horror as Carter tried to morph but was in pain again. "Carter!" She heard Dana gasp. She could feel Dana's fear as she watched Carter in pain. Carter fell to the floor and she looked at her kids.

"You three stay here," she instructed.

They nodded and watched as their mother ran inside. "Carter, are you okay?" Ms. Fairweather asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm okay," Carter replied.

Kimberly decided to stay on the Aqua-Base that night instead of driving home, especially since Diabolico has become more dangerous. So, for the past few weeks, she's been living on the Aqua-Base with her children. Not that her children didn't mind living in the Aqua-Base.

Kimberly was in the kitchen with Dana preparing a cake. "So, Ryan would be twenty today, huh?" She asked.

"Yea," Dana replied.

Kimberly placed a hand on her shoulder. "So, how's Kylie's cold?" She asked.

"She's getting better. She's been sleeping a lot," Kimberly replied.

"That's to be expected," Dana agreed.

Kimberly sighed as he put the candles on the cake. "Done," she announced. Both girls giggled.

"Would you like the join us, Kim?" She asked.

"Nah, these is between father and daughter," Kimberly replied.

"Hey, you're part of this family now, Kim."

"Yea, but I never knew Ryan."

Dana sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Okay, I'll talk to you later," she told her. She took the cake and left. Kimberly went to bed hoping that everything was going to be okay.

The next day, Kimberly had the kids go off to their schooling in another part of the Aqua-Base when the alarms went off. She ran towards Rescue Ops after making sure her children got to their destination safely.

When she arrived at Rescue Ops, she nodded to the Rangers as they went to the Rescue Rover to stop Vypra from destroying Mariner Bay. She stood nextto Captain Mitchell as the Rangers went into battle.

As the fight went on, Kimberly's eyes widened in disbelief at who appeared. "The Titanium Ranger," Captain Mitchell murmured.

"How is that possible sir? No one had access to your safe," she pointed out.

She watched as the Captain hurried towards his office and she looked over at the Rangers. "Rangers, try your Rescuebird," she instructed.

"Right, Kim. RESCUEBIRD!" Carter called.

Kimberly held her breath and her eyes widened in disbelief when the Titanium Ranger sent the blast right back at them. "Call them back," Captain Mitchell instructed.

"What?" Kimberly asked.

"He'll destroy them, call them back," Ms. Fairweather replied.

"Right. Rangers, come back, it's too dangerous," she informed.

She then took her headset off. "What's going on, captain?" She asked.

"Someone has stolen the Titanium Morpher," he replied.

"What are we going to do?" She asked.

"We've got an emergency meeting, the Rangers are already there."

Kimberly followed Captain Mitchell to the meeting.

When they came into the room, they were listening to them yell. "Rangers, please calm down," she insisted.

"What are we going to do now that Diabolico has the Titanium Morpher?" Kelsey asked.

"We have to get it back," Captain Mitchell replied.

As the meeting went on, Ms. Fairweather was going to make new weapons, even though it wasn't going to be easy. Kimberly stood up and walked over to her friend. "You can do it, Ms. Fairweather," she assured her.

"Rangers, go to the city and be ready for his next attack," Captain Mitchell instructed.

Kimberly watched as the Rangers left and took a deep breath. She finally sat down in a chair covering her eyes trying to hide her tears. Captain Mitchell walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you all right?" He asked. She let her hand fall to the table.

"Sir, that evil Ranger. I can never look at another evil Ranger, sir," she replied.

"Why are you afraid to watch the Titanium Ranger?" He asked.

"Because my daughter's father was once evil. Seeing the evil Ranger just hurts me."

Captain Mitchell sighed as he wrapped his arms around her. "Everything's going to be okay, Kim," he assured her. She let out a sob against him.

"I miss him sir," she confessed.

Captain Mitchell sighed again and sat next to her. "Is it normal to miss him? Even after all the pain I went through after he moved on?" She asked.

"Of course it is. He's the father of your daughter. It's okay to miss him," he replied.

She sighed as she looked at the table. "Sometimes, I wonder what my life would've been like if I wasn't attacked. If Tommy didn't move on," she told him. He placed a hand on her shoulder.

"If that would've happened. You wouldn't be here. You would've have adopted Hannah and the boys. You wouldn't be an important member of this team," he pointed out.

Kimberly nodded then the alarms went off. They looked at the fight onscreen. Captain Mitchell placed a hand on her shoulder. "Just instruct the team while I get Ms. Fairweather to give them their new weapons," he instructed. Kimberly nodded and started to help the Rangers out with the fight. "Ms. Fairweather, we are out of time," she heard Captain Mitchell say.

"But we haven't finished testing them," Ms. Fairweather insisted.

"That's an opportunity we don't have," he told her.

Ms. Fairweather sent the Rangers the V-Lancers. "Kimberly, follow my instruction and tell the Rangers what to do," Ms. Fairweather instructed.

"You got it, Ms. Fairweather," Kim assured her.

As she was telling the Rangers what to do, she watched as the V-Lancers defeated the Titanium Ranger. However, he got up and he heard Captain Mitchell stand up. "It can't be," he whispered. He then placed a hand on her shoulder. "Stop them, Kim," he ordered.

"What sir?" She asked.

Captain Mitchell grabbed the other headset. "DON'T FIRE!" He shouted.

"What? Please repeat sir," Carter answered.

"Hold your fire," Captain Mitchell insisted.

"What is he talking about?" Chad asked.

"But sir, this is our chance to finish him," Kelsey pointed out.

"Don't shoot," Captain Mitchell answered.

She watched as he sat down. "Please," he murmured. She then looked back at the screen.

"Rangers, power down your weapons and come back to the base," she instructed.

The Rangers returned to the Aqua-Base. "Retreat? SIR WE HAD HIM!" Carter yelled.

"He would've destroyed us without thinking twice," Joel pointed out.

"Now he knows we have the V-Lancers," Chad put in.

"That was our chance, maybe our only chance," Kelsey snapped.

"Kim, what's going on?" Dana asked.

"To tell you the truth, Day, I don't know," Kimberly replied.

She walked over to the captain. "Why sir? Why did you stop us?" Carter asked. Captain Mitchell turned and looked at all of them.

"Because, he's my son," he replied.

Kimberly's eyes widened and looked over at Dana who was just as shocked. She then looked back at Captain Mitchell. "Your son? Ryan?" She asked.

To Be Continued...