Chapter17: A Day Off

A few days after Kimberly got her heart broken again, Ryan was able to get rid of the cursed tattoo on his back. Their lives were back to normal, sort of. For now, it was the Rangers' day off and they were going to enjoy it, all except Carter. Kimberly knew that Carter still wanting to train disappointed Dana.

As the day went on, Kimberly was enjoying her time with her children. She was sitting by a bar near the beach enjoying some lemonade when she looked up to see her children enjoying themselves. "HUNTER!" Kylie shouted. Blake was chasing little Kylie with a water gun and Hunter pulled Kylie behind him and he was hit with the water. She smiled at her children as she watched them laugh. It was music to her ears.

"What's a pretty little thing like you doing alone on a day like this?" A guy asked.

Kimberly looked over her shoulder to see a guy standing there.

He had chin-length brown hair, green eyes, he was wearing sandals, and green swimming trunks.

She had a sort of disgusted look on her face as she got up with her glass. "Actually, I'm not alone," she informed.

"Hey, Kim, wanna go for a game of Frisbee?" Joel asked.

"Sure then," Kimberly replied.

She set her glass down on the bar and just started at the guy. "I'm here with some friends and my family," she informed. She then started to walk away when her children hurried up to her. "Are you guys having fun?" She asked.

"Sure are, I'm especially enjoying the view," Hunter replied.

Kimberly grinned as she playfully whacked her older son over the head when she knew that he was talking about the girls. "Mom, I'm sixteen," he reminded her.

"Yeah and your sister is three," Kimberly added.

She picked Kylie up and kissed her cheek. Just then, Dana ran up to her. "Kim, dad's in trouble," she informed.

Kimberly's heart stopped at her words. "Let's go," she insisted. She then looked at her children.

"We're coming with you, mom," Blake stated.

Kimberly sighed and nodded. She knew that her children wouldn't back down from this one.

Once they arrived at the fire, Carter was already searching for Captain Mitchell. "He's still inside, there's a little girl missing," a fireman informed. The fireman grabbed Kimberly before she could run into the building.

"DAD!" She called.

"You can't go in there, miss," the fireman insisted.

Kimberly had enough and kicked the guy away from her. "Kimberly, what are you doing?" Dana asked.

"I'm going to find dad and you can't stop me," she replied.

Dana watched as her "sister" ran into the building. "KIMBERLY!" Ryan called.

Kimberly hurried through the building and coughed from the smoke. "DAD!" She called. She gasped when a beam fell and hurried away from it. "DAD!" She called.

"Kimberly?" She heard Captain Mitchell asked.

She turned around and saw her father lying on the ground. "Dad!" She gasped. She ran over to him.

"Kimberly, you shouldn't be here," he informed.

"I wasn't going to sit out there and wait for you to come out," she informed.

"DAD! KIMBERLY!" They heard Dana call.

"WE'RE OVER HERE!" Kimberly shouted.

Dana ran over to them. "Father, are you okay?" She asked.

"I'm fine," he replied.

They helped him up and gasped when the building was about to blow. "Let's go," he insisted. They ran towards a window and saw a rope there, the building blew.

Hunter, Blake, and Hannah watched in horror as the building blew. "MOM! GRANDPA!" They shouted. Hannah had Kylie's head buried into her shoulder so she wouldn't get hurt from the heat of the flames.

"Dana," Carter whispered.

"We're all right, everyone," Captain Mitchell assured them.

Captain Mitchell helped Kimberly and Dana off the rope and then he embraced both girls. "MOM!" Hunter and Blake called. They ran up and Kimberly embraced her children with a smile on her face. Hannah ran up with Kylie in her arms and Kimberly embraced them too.

"I'm okay, you guys," she assured them.

Then as they went back to the beach, Kimberly saw that Dana was very happy now that Carter decided to take a day off as well.

Kimberly sat in a beach chair watching as Carter was playing around with her children. Kylie shrieked with laughter as Carter picked her up and spun her around. "Look at how happy your kids are," Dana laughed. Kimberly didn't have to be told. She knew that her children were happy. Then that same guy walked over to her.

"Hey, I don't believe I said you could leave earlier," he commented.

Kimberly rolled her eyes and stood up. "Excuse me, but do I look like a dog?" She asked. Kimberly winced when he grabbed her arms and tight. She suddenly felt weak when she felt his anger. However, she did flip the guy onto his back. "Now, stay away from me," she snapped. When they guy came at her again, she fought him off and then once he took off, she pressed her hand on the scar on her temple from her attack. She fell to the ground.

"MOM!" The kids shouted.

They ran over to Kimberly and Dana found a pulse. "She's weak," she informed. They helped her get Kimberly back to the Aqua-Base.

Ms. Fairweather sighed as she checked Kimberly over. Hunter walked over to her. "Angela?" He asked. She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Your mom is going to be fine. Whatever emotion that man put into her mind weakened her. I want you all to keep your emotional walls up so she can't get like this again," she instructed.

They nodded and the children looked at their mother. "She's going to be just fine," Ms. Fairweather assured them. Kylie had her teddy bear in her arms and she crawled into her mother's bed. They watched as the child fell asleep against her mother. Hunter, Blake, and Hannah refused to leave the room. They were going to stay there all night if they had to.

"This was some day off," Blake mumbled.

They nodded as they looked at Kimberly.