Chapter 15.
Kira bolted out of the hospital room with Ethan hot on her tail. The others stood in the room, stunned at what Conner had just
revealed to them. It was Trent who had put Conner in the hospital. Tommy and Hayley were dissapointed and angry all at once,
while Kim, Jason, and Anna were dumbfounded.
"Trent? Who's Trent?" Kim asked.
"He's the white ranger." Tommy answered.
"Why would he go after Conner?"
"Plenty of reasons, mainly jealousy."
None of them had noticed that Kira and Ethan had left the room until Anna asked of their whereabouts.
"Where are Kira and Ethan?"
The others looked around the room and couldn't find them, realization hit Tommy and he too left the room in a hurry with everyone else right behind him. When they reached the lobby, they saw Ethan trying to restrain Kira.
"Kira, don't do this." Ethan pleaded.
"Get out of my way, Ethan."
"What are you going to do? So you find Trent, what then? Are you going to put him in the hospital too?"
"No, when I find him, I'm sending him to the morgue."
"Don't to this. It's not worth it."
"How can you say that? Look at what he did to Conner!" She yelled.
"I know what he did to Conner, I saw it, we all did. Trust me, I want to find him too and get back at him but if you go out those doors, in the mindframe that you're in, you'll do something that you are going to regret."
"Kira, listen to him." Tommy interupted.
"I can't sit here and let him get away with what he did."
"We're not asking you to, Kira." Kim said."Just think this through before you do anything."
"You don't know what I'm going through Kimberly."
"Yes, we do." Jason said."Remember, we were in your shoes once."
"Have you ever had the one you love in a hospital room because someone got jealous of what the two of you shared?"
Jason and Kim's gaze fell on Tommy when Kira asked that question.
"No, I haven't but someone here has." Jason answered.
"Did Tommy ever tell you about the time Lord Zedd kidnapped me?" Kim asked.
"No."
"Kim's power coin was stolen, and she was losing her life force. Zedd had her captured in his dark dimension. I teleported in and fought Lord Zedd and was able to get ahold of Kim and bring her home. During the time that he had her, I could do no right. My mind was focused on getting in there and getting Kim out. Zedd captured her because he wanted her, he wanted to be the one that could say that she was his. He was jealous of what we had. So don't tell me that I don't know what you are going through, Kira. I loved Kim as much as you love Conner and I would do anything to bring her back. You don't have to bring Conner back because he's right there, in that room. Yes, I wanted kill Lord Zedd for what he did but that wasn't my main focus. My main focus was getting to Kim and making sure that he was safe. Your priority should be Conner, not Trent. Trent will get his when the time is right. In no way am I saying to forget what he did, all I'm saying is think with your head not with your heart. I thought with my heart and it almost cost me my Hart." Tommy said as he looked over to Kim.
"Kira, Tommy came alone to get me. It was just him and Zedd and Zedd nearly killed him, if you find Trent and you fight him,
chances are he's going to do the same. If that happens, then what? You're dead and Conner is still alive. You want to be with
him, to do that, you have to be here. There's a good chance you beat Trent but there's also a chance that he could beat you.
If he can do this to Conner, imagine what he would do to you." Kim said as she tried to talk some sense into the young girl.
"He won't hurt me. I'm what he wants, this whole thing stems from me. He wants me and I want Conner and he can't stand that.
He won't hurt me." Kira said sounding very confident.
"Okay, he won't hurt you, but what if he does? You only assume that he won't hurt you, assumption is not guaranteed, Kira. I learned that a long time ago. He may do to you what he did to Conner the second he sees you." Jason said.
"Kira, if you get hurt, Conner will never forgive himself." Anna said.
"I won't either. If you get hurt, I'll never forgive myself. Kira, listen to them, they know what they're talking about. Go back to the room and be there for Conner. He needs you." Ethan interjected.
The group could see Kira start to agree with them. When she finally agreed to go back to the room, everyone breathed a sigh of releif, happy to know that might have happened, didn't. Suddenly, Kira stopped at the entrance to Conner's room and looked back with a questioning look in her eyes.
"Dr. O. Why did you go after Lord Zedd alone? Why didn't you take the others?"
"Because, it was Kimberly that he had. I couldn't let him take the one person I loved."
"Would you do it again if it happened?"
"In a heartbeat."
"Why?"
Tommy seemed to hesitate for a minute as everyone looked at him, awaiting an answer. His eyes finally coming to a rest on the petite woman he'd known since high school.
"Because I've never stopped loving her."
Kim was shocked by his response. She just stared at him for what seemed like a lifetime. Jason stood directly behind her with a smile on his face.
"So you know how I feel?"
"Yeah, I do Kira. I know you want to run out there and get revenge but trust me, You'll get it. We all will. When the time is right."
Kira opened the door to Conner's room and left the others in the waiting room. Tommy turned around to see Kimberly standing right behind him with the shocked expression still on her face. He opened his mouth to say something but was quickly silenced by a hard slap from Kimberly.
"Liar." She hissed. Kimberly turned and ran out the door of the hospital.
"Mom!" Anna called out. Anna followed her mom out of the hospital. Still holding his face, Tommy looked at Hayley, who just
shook her head in dissapointment and ran out of the hospital as well, in search of Kim and Anna. Tommy tried to go after them,
but was restrained by Jason and Ethan.
"Let her go, bro." Jason said.
"Yeah, you kind of surprised her with that statement, Dr. O." Ethan said.
"Come on, Tommy, Ethan, let's have a little talk. With Kira being with Conner and the girls running out of here, we might as well group together and get everything out in the open."
"Where are we going to go? this place only offers so many spots to talk." Ethan asked.
"I know a place in Angel Grove where we can go, let's just tell Kira that we're leaving."
As they reached the door, Ethan asked Jason a question.
"How long are we going to be gone and what's in Angel Grove?"
"We'll probably be gone all night. As for what's in Angel Grove, well, you'll just have to wait and see."
"Okay, I told Kira what happened and that we'd be gone all night. She said she would either wait for the girls or just sleep here tonight. Let's go." Tommy said as the three of them headed towards Tommy's jeep.
"You guys do realize that it's almost 3:00 in the morning right?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah, we know. That's why we're going where we're going. The sunrise is nothing like you've ever seen." Jason said as they hopped in. Tommy started the car and pulled out of the hospital parking lot, about to embark on the two hour trip into the Angel Grove mountains.
TBC.