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Note: Well, here is my weekly update. I'm trying hard to make everyone happy in writing. This chapter loosely follows some plot from PRDT, but the bulk of it is mine. Enjoy : P
Chapter 20
Tommy's House
"Any luck Tommy?" Hayley asked as Tommy entered his house. "Huh?...oh no, there were traces of a gem defiantly being there, but it's long gone…where's Kim?" Tommy asked confused while crossing the room to pour himself a large glass of ice cold lemonade. "Kim went to see Dana to have her hand checked." Tommy nodded and headed up the stairs to the master bedroom to take a quick shower and start dinner. He didn't normally do the cooking, but with Kim's hand still burnt, he knew she wouldn't be up to it. Hayley had been lost in her own thoughts. "I hope Kim is feeling better….if there was a gem, where is it now….should I call Cam?..."
Sunset Inn, downtown Reefside
"Thank you so much for seeing me Dana" Kim said thankfully. "It's no problem at all." "Adam was called back to the hospital back in Angel Grove on an emergency." Dana smiled. "So what can I do for you?" "Well two things actually…" Kim and Dana talked for a few minutes. She briefly looked at her hand and then asked her a few questions which seemed to be totally off topic. Dana made a few mental notes. "Well, I don't have all my equipment here, but I can tell you that your hand is almost completely healed…" "Well, how long would a hand usually take to heal if I didn't have my powers?" "Mabye two to three weeks…" "Well, Tommy doesn't have to know anything does he? I kina like not having to do all the cooking and cleaning and…" "Doctor patient privilege…and you know we pink rangers have to stick together…" "Carter is usually pretty good about those things, but he has his faults…" the two friends laughed before continuing their discussion. "Well, it doesn't seem to be food poisoning from the symptoms you've mentioned, but there is one way you can know for sure if what I'm assuming you have is correct…"
Mesogog's Lair
"I just don't understand this, how can the white gem disappear. We were only gone for a split second!" Elsa exclaimed. "Mabye he had something to do with it" Zeltrax started slightly amused by watching Elsa. A white ranger appeared on the lab's screen. "What! How is this possible!" Mesogog entered at the worst possible moment. It seemed to be his one true gift if any, bad timing. "Elsa, where is my gem?" Is Zeltrax had a face, he would have been smilingly evilly enjoying watching the 'favorite' fail. "Master, I can explain…" "I am tired of excuses Elsa, my patience grows shorter and shorter…"
Flashback
"Where are you going dad?" Trent Fernandez thought silently to himself hiding in his adoptive father's study. He had been there for almost an hour. "Mabye I'm wrong…" Right on cue, Dr. Mercer appeared with the telltale sign of a major headache before reaching his arm out and disappearing through the green invisiportal. "I know I'm not crazy…" Trent's gut told him not to follow, but his curiosity couldn't help but lead him to the strange gateway. Tentative and reserved, Trent reached his hand into the space and felt himself being transported into the strange island Mesogog ruled. "Where am I?" he though after landing hard. Trent was dazed and reached for the first thing he could so he could steady himself. Not realizing his hand was headed straight for the gem and bracelet, Trent put it right on the dead center of the bracelet. A white light engulfed him as he transformed into the evil white ranger. He could not control the powers as the evil took over his body. The evil guided the white ranger through the island and eventually to downtown Reefside.
End Flashback
Tommy's Lab
"I'm home" Kim said closing the door behind her. "Hey beautiful…you were gone quite a while, are you alright?" "Yeah, I'm fine, I just wanted to have Dana check my hand…Rocky's cooking wasn't agreeing with me, so I also had her check that out…I know what you're thinking, it wasn't Hayley's fault for not telling you…I asked her not to…I didn't want to worry you." Tommy sighed. "Well, go upstairs and rest, I'll take care of dinner…" When Tommy had gone, Kim made sure the coast was clear before going down to see Hayley. "Well, what did the she say?" Kim smiled. "I'm pregnant!" Hayley excitedly hugged Kim. "Hayley, I know this is exciting, but I haven't told Tommy yet, I want to wait and do it in a special way." "Your secret is safe with me, but you have to tell him soon…" "I'm planning on doing it tonight after dinner"
Downtown Reefside
"Things are too quiet around here...I think it's time for some action!" the evil white ranger pulled out his feather shaped weapon and started laughing an evil hysteric laugh as he fired upon innocent civilians. "This is too easy…" Meanwhile, Mesogog viewed the battle slightly bemused. "It seems my gem had found a host…let us see if we can persuade him to join us…Elsa, Zeltrax, send a monster down and see how that puny ranger deals with it…" Mesogog said while starting to get some ideas in his twisted mind thinking of ways of how he could destroy the rangers.
Kim and Hayley, still talking over Kim's exciting news jumped as the giant computer in the basement lab went off. "What is it Hayley?" Kim asked curiously. "We have a monster attacking downtown Reefside…I'll alert Tommy, Ethan, Conner, and Kira…Kim, I know you probably haven't thought about your duties right now, but…" "Look, don't worry about me, I need to go and help the others, by the looks of things, we are going to need to pull together to defeat this giant gross thing…Dana said I would be okay for at least another three t four weeks; remember, you promised…" Reluctantly nodding, Hayley sighed and took her place at the computer. "Well, there's one thing for sure, she is determined." Hayley thought to herself. The rangers morphed and headed out to fight the monster. When they arrived on the scene, to their surprise, the monster seemed to be ignoring them.
"Dude, what's with him?" Conner asked absently. "Beats me, but let's take this opportunity to get rid of him" Kim said. "Right" CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! "Well if it isn't the world famous power wimps" the white ranger said clapping. "You" the monster said aloud. "Oh save you're breath…as for you rangers, as soon as you are gone, I can take over this here city for me…" "Well, one things for sure, at least he wants city domination and doesn't have some screw balled scheme like turning Earth back to the dino days" Ethan said. The white ranger effortlessly attacked the rangers and monsters at once with his super speed and his feather sword. "Can't even battle me, what a pity…" The rangers who had no time to react to the speed of the evil white ranger had demorphed and were showing slight signs of pain. The monster grew to a large size. For once, the rangers looked on as the white ranger defeated it with his new zord.
Tommy's Lab
"Is everyone alright?" Hayley asked as the rangers arrived back at headquarters with minor lacerations. The group nodded. Tommy eyed Kim carefully. "I don't feel so well…" Kim said started to feel slightly dizzy. Just as old times, Tommy caught her just before she fainted. "She hasn't done that in a while" he said. "Well, she wasn't feeling one hundred percent earlier either…" Hayley started trying too give some information without breaking her promise. "What do you mean?" Tommy asked suspiciously. "She said something about food poisoning and not trusting a certain chief again…" Tommy relaxed slightly. "Leave it to Rocky…I'm going to take her upstairs, you three better get home before your parents get mad…I know today was not an easy day, it's going to get worse from here on out, it's best if you find some way to distract yourselves and relax a bit…"
Later that night
"Immm…" Kim started to stir later on in the evening. "How are you feeling beautiful?" Tommy asked sitting next to her. "Like I'm going to be sick" she said getting up and heading to the bathroom. Ten minutes later, Tommy handed her a glass of water and some crackers. "Kim, are you sure you're alright?" he asked worriedly. Kim smiled. "Well, I was going to tell you in a special way, but seeing as my body won't let me get up, I guess I'll have to tell you this way…" Kim handed Tommy a large box wrapped in pink and white paper. "Open it…" "It's a box….another box….box…another box…" nine boxes later, Tommy had finally gotten to the smallest one and was relieved to see something actually inside the box this time. The card read:
We've been together for quite a while. From the moment I saw you, I knew you would be the one for me, it was love at first sight. About to share our lives together, there is one who will be joining us shortly…now count the number of boxes and see how many months you must wait.
"Kim, I'm a little confused I…..Kim are you…are we going to…." Smiling a tired, but very happy smile, Kim nodded. "We going to go to Disneyland for our wedding in nine monthes! That's not quite December, but if it gives you more time to shop than…" shocked, Kim hit her hand on her head. Tommy just started laughting. "Kim, we are going to have a baby aren't we!" not thinking his humor very funny, Kim hit him on the shoulder before kissing him and hugging him tightly. "I am the happiest an in the world right now you know…I mean, who could ask for anything better than a beautiful fiancée and a baby on the way…" "You should be happy because it's going to be a long pregnancy…actually it is only going to be seven and a three quarter more months, I'm five weeks along."
Tommy and Kim talked for a few minutes before kissing again. Tommy spur of the moment had temporarily forgotten what he was going to say. But it didn't take long for him to remember, "Kim, I know you are not going to like what I'm going to say but…" "Tommy, I already know…no more ranger duties for a while, but I am able to do it for at least another three or four weeks, I have already cleared this with Dana…" "You will go only if needed…no ifs ands or buts..." Kim sighed. "Alright, I'm not in the mood to fight you right now anyway. If you don't mind Tommy, can we keep this our little secret for now, I mean I don't think I want to handle the kids at school right now with this, I get asked about our wedding enough times as it is." "I feel the same way, but we should at least start thinking about what we are going to tell Principal Randall…" "Leave that to me…I'll talk to her when I get farther along. I may tell my TA though so if I need to run to the bathroom, I could have her watch my class."
Reefside High
"Conner, you stare at her everyday, when are you going to ask her out" Ethan asked amused by Conner's spaced out look. "I don't know, I mean she's like me, but…" Kira snorted. "Conner, like you? Ya right. She's athletic yes, but she also actually cares about her grades; if you haven't noticed she's the only junior in our class and has the highest grade! She's not your type" "How do you know?" "She'd say yes because she's nice, but trust me after one date she'd ask you to just be her friend" "Yeah, but she's so…" "Just go ask her man" Ethan said shoving his fearless leader toward Martha. Conner tripped into her desk which was nearby and knocked her book and binder off her desk. "Aw, let me get that….ow…" Conner bumped his head on her desk on the way up. "Thanks" Martha said timidly. "Aw, I was wondering if….you know you wanted to hang out sometime…if you aren't too busy…" "Are you asking me out?" the half Asian gymnast asked. "Well, aw….yes" Martha smiled. "Okay" "Great! How about Hayley's Cyberspace tonight, around say fiveish?" "That works for me. I guess I'll see you tonight then."
"Conner, if you would kindly take your seat, I have an exciting lesson today planned on flying dinosaurs…" the class groaned. Normally this meant three to five pages of notes that would have to be taken, but to the class's surprise, Tommy had photocopied the notes for the lesson of the day. "A certain English teacher here has pointed out to me that I have yet to use my copies for the year, so from now on, the majority of notes will be copied…" cheers erupted into the room. "However, the notes are in outline format, you will still need to fill in quite a bit…" He passed out some papers and started his lecture. "Kira you should know this one…tell me the name of a flying dinosaur…" Down in the back of the classroom, no one seemed to notice a tired and worn-out looking Trent Fernandez.
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