Chapter 11: Being a Mother

Kimberly was looking at the new reports for the progress on fixing zords from the last battle with one of Diabolico's monsters when she saw Carter walking down the hall and Dana coming the other way. In Dana's arms were tons and tons of books. "Hey, you need help with those?" He asked. Kimberly hid as she watched them.

"Thanks, Carter," Dana told him.

"No problem," he assured her.

Dana sighed as she walked down the hall with Carter and Kimberly trailed along behind them. Kimberly closed her eyes and let their emotions fill her head. She smiled at what she felt. She felt love illuminating from them. "I knew it," she whispered. She bit her lip as she hid behind a wall again.

"Did you hear something?" Dana asked.

Carter shrugged his shoulders. "I didn't hear anything," he replied. Dana nodded before she and Carter continued down the hall.

Kimberly was smiling and then she jumped and shrieked when someone placed their hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Captain Mitchell standing there. "Dad, you scared me," she commented.

"I can see that," he teased.

"Is everything okay?" She asked.

Captain Mitchell led Kimberly to his office.

Once Kimberly was in Captain Mitchell's office, she became very confused. "What's going on, dad?" She asked.

"Kimberly, Ryan was here awhile ago," he replied.

"He was here? What did he want?" She asked.

"He doesn't know what he wants that's his problem."

"What can we do?"

Captain Mitchell sat back in his chair. "All we can do is hope," he replied. Kimberly nodded in agreement.

As time passed on, Kimberly was sitting in her room looking over the reports of the last mission when Hannah and Kylie came in. "Mommy, can we go to the park?" Kylie asked. Kimberly smiled and kissed her daughter's forehead.

"Hannah, just make sure you keep an eye on her, "she instructed.

Hannah nodded before leaving with Kylie. Kimberly sighed as she went back to the reports.

(During the Attack)

Kimberly's eyes widened in horror when pictures of the exploding feathers flashed across the screen. She spun around and looked at Captain Mitchell. "Dad, I have to go," she told him.

"Why?" Captain Mitchell asked.

"Because I just sent my daughters into the lion's den," she replied.

Captain Mitchell nodded and Kimberly ran out of the room.

(In the Park)

Kimberly stopped at the top of the hill and looked at the sky to see the sun setting. Fear rose in her heart and she watched as her daughter's played in the park. "HANNAH, KYLIE!" She shouted. She ran down the hill and grabbed the feather Kylie was playing with. She threw it into the pile of feathers that they built and Kimberly pushed her daughters to the ground and she had covered them with her body as the explosion happened. She sat up and looked at the large hole in the ground from the explosion. She then turned to Hannah and Kylie. "Are you okay?" She asked. They nodded in fear and Kimberly hugged them tight with tears in her eyes. "Thank God," she whispered.

(In the Aqua-Base)

Captain Mitchell had just watched Ryan defeat the monsters and see Dana welcome him home. He turned the screen to the park to see Kimberly hugging Hannah and Kylie with tears in her eyes.

When Kimberly came back with her daughters she gasped to see that Ryan was back. She hurried up to him with a smile. "I haven't gotten the pleasure to meet you personally. I'm Kimberly," she informed. She held her hand out to him with a smile. Ryan shook her hand with a grin.

"Hello, Kimberly, I'm Ryan," he stated.

Kimberly smiled as she hugged Ryan tight. "Welcome home," she murmured. Dana smiled and then they took Ryan to Rescue Ops.

Kimberly walked over to Ryan and placed his Lightspeed Rescue Jacket on his shoulders. "There you are, perfect fit," she announced. Everyone clapped for the new Titanium Ranger.

That night, Kimberly was asleep, but then her nightmares were coming back. "Oh and sweetie, pink is out," her evil voice taunted. Kimberly shot up from bed with sweat on her forehead.

"Ryan," she whispered.