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Now, on with the Story!
Jason's POVBilly and Hayley walked into the waiting room a few minutes ago and she looks thoroughly exhausted, but that was to be expected after everything she has been through tonight. I found out from Billy that she was called over to the command centerat about nine o'clock by Alpha and she only got to leave at about one o'clock this morning, after three hours of battle and one hour of repair work on the rangers powers and tools.
I know that Billy did that several nights for all of us when we were teenagers, but I really cannot believe that he was somehow able to make it to school the next day and actually be able to stay awake during all of the classes he had to take. They are both amazing people to be able to do that and not complain, although I have caught Billy in a bad mood once or twice after one of those nights and it is not a pretty sight to see him like that.
Billy did say that the damage was at a minimum for most of the weapons that they have at their disposal, but some of the damage was startling to find in the first place. The rangers seemed the have suffered severe malfunctions in their power boosters, except for Tommy and the only way that they could determine that the others had, had a malfunction was because he had used one before this battle and his seemed to have worked flawlessly compared to theirs.
He knew when to push his power booster and when to use his regular powers. They did not. They have a set of instructions to give the newer rangers, but that may still be several hours away, as they are all asleep now, which is what I expected to happen as soon as they came in. I can remember being that tired as well and I'm starting to feel my body beg me to get some sleep, but I just can't. I'm too worried about other things, namely whether Kim will be able to deliver this baby on her own.
"James, why did you come back so soon? Is something wrong?" Martha asked, as he sat down next to his wife, still fully trying to digest everything that his son had told him.
He had really suspected all of it, but to know everything that he did now scared him out of his wits and he truly could say that he had not felt like this very often in his life. He could look around the room and determine who had probably had to fight tonight, now that he knew the truth. They were just kids, as his own son had been only a few years ago when he had began his tour of duty as a ranger.
He had never imagined that his son had been responsible for so many things and now that he knew it, he could understand why he grew up so much after they moved to Angel Grove. He had to, or he would not have been able to fulfill the duty that he had promised he would do. It also explained why it had hurt him so much to lose Kim; now he could see that she was the person that had taken care of him out there and that was how they wanted it to be. After she left, Kat's care just didn't match up, although she did try her best to look out for him. They could tell he was much more tired after she left him to go onto better things, but it still was not enough to make them ask if he was a ranger. They both respected that he might need to keep that private.
"Trini came to get Tommy. She said that Kim will begin pushing soon," James said as several of the people in the waiting room jerked their heads toward him so quickly that he was afraid some would soon be suffering from whiplash in the morning.
This was what the doctors had been afraid of and they knew that they now had a cause to really worry about something other than Mesogogg. Tommy was not going to leave to give them any sort of update, so they would not know if they took her to have a C-section or not. They could only pray that did not happen and with any sort of luck, it wouldn't. They were being greedy, but they needed her to be in her best condition because they never knew when they were going to have to go back out to fight.
"So, we think she'll be able to deliver the baby on her own? They won't have to do a C-Section?" Martha asked, as Jason sat down on the other side of Mr. Oliver, wondering what had caused the look to appear on his face, as he had given all of them the look of utmost respect and sympathy when he walked in the room.
If he had not known any better he would have thought that Tommy told him everything, but that just didn't seem to make sense. Tommy had always been able to keep the secret without much effort but he was going through conditions that were abnormal. Jason didn't think that Tommy really would tell anyone right now, but things were going to get desperate, eventually, and he was going to have to open up to some people in hopes of finding some one that could help them. They needed the help, in order to be able to stop the evil forever and allow them to go on about life as normally as possible, which was always hard for rangers to do for a long time.
"We know that she is going to try, nothing more nothing less," James said, as Jason stood up and began pacing around the waiting room, as Rocky and Billy began murmuring things between each other.
Most of the other rangers had gone to sleep, knowing that it might be hours before they knew anything, but the two of them could start coming up with a Plan B if Kim did have to have a C-section, as Tommy was not going to think about it at all. He was going to be thinking about her and nothing else. He probably wouldn't leave her if that happened and they were not sure that they could go into a battle without the two of them there to help them. They knew that they could hold Mesogogg off without the two of them being there, but they were not sure that they would be able to defeat him without all of their resources.
Rocky's POVIt's been about two hours since Mr. Oliver told us that Kim had started pushing and I just don't like the way all of this feels to me. I know that it takes some mothers a long time to push the baby out, but with the other problems that they are expecting I don't like it, at all. I don't believe that they would keep her pushing for a long time if it seemed like she wouldn't be able to have the baby, but I'm not sure if Kim and Tommy would be ready to consent to a C-section.
Tommy hasn't come to give us an update, which does not exactly make me think that things are going well back there and the plan that Billy and I made is not exactly the best one in the world. All we know is that if the two of them can't fight, all of the other retirees will have to pull much more weight than we expected. When the two of them are able to fight, we can trust that they will keep some of the creatures occupied for long enough for us to make a break if something of that nature is needed. The new rangers are good in so many areas, but they lack some of the experience and knowledge that we use in our fights against these creatures. We are no longer the strongest, but we can at least use our brains to try to get the monsters to do stupid things.
Also, we've been warned by Billy that we need to have ourselves prepared to battle within the next month or so, if not sooner. Mesogogg wants to push the advantage with Kim and Tommy being out of commission and that could mean all of us coming back in much sooner than we really want to.
I thought that the second Mesogogg found out she was pregnant he would have started attacking, but he just seems to not have a clue about anything. It seems that his plan has nothing to do with whether or not there was a ranger out of the way. I honestly cannot figure out what it has to do with, but with him acting like a lunatic, things are bound to be horrible on all of us no matter what we try to do.
I'm really just glad that Ally was not awake to hear what Billy had to say, as she would not happy about it at all. She doesn't want me to go out there, although she will not say those words to me, out of respect, I guess. We all knew that we were living on borrowed time ever since Mesogogg appeared from that damned island, which is not a comforting thing, but hopefully this will soon come to an end. Then, we can all try to lead normal lives, although that never seems to completely fit into the plans for a ranger, it always seems that there will be just one more hurdle we have to deal with before we can truly say that we are retired from this business. There are so many other rangers out there, but most of them have no powers at their disposal due to some of the last battles that they dealt with. We, however, have those powers and that is what enables us to come back and fight every time that we are needed.
"Hey, guys. I have someone I want you to meet," Tommy said, pushing the waiting room door open with his back as he carefully cradled his little baby girl in his arms. The warm little bundle in his arms had nestled closer to him as he walked down the hall and he loved how it felt to hold her. He didn't know that he was capable of feeling this way about someone that he had only met minutes before, but it worked wonders for his stressed soul to see someone who didn't know what they had been brought into and was just at peace with the world.
She had quickly gone to sleep and was a surprisingly calm baby, which was a blessing for the two of them, as they would have enough sleepless nights because of other things that were happening around them. They really didn't need for her to be a fussy baby, although there were bound to be some nights when she had her moments. The worries that he had, had about Kim's power affecting her were washed down the drain when he saw that she was a normal, healthy baby, according to the doctors. They didn't know to look for anything odd and they didn't find anything odd, which was a relief to Tommy and Kim, although they didn't say anything to them about it. There was no need, as they didn't have the right to know about her being a ranger and they both knew that the hospital staff would ask if they acted odd about her being normal.
"Tommy, you know that you don't need to play with us like that," Jason said as he turned around and saw the blanketed baby squirming in his best friend's arms. He quickly got out of his seat to get a better view, although Tommy's parents beat him to his side. How? He didn't know, but he just knew that they wanted to see that their grandchild was alright. They had been just as worried as Tommy was about the baby being alright and they were just as thankful that everything seemed to have turned out fine. Jason and the others could only pray that everything had turned out fine for Kim as well, though.
"Oh, Tommy, the baby looks so much like Kim," Martha said, stroking the baby's hair, as Tommy smiled a smile that only a new father could smile while looking at his child. He was in love, with his little baby girl and everyone in the room knew that very well. It did help that she looked like Kim, but there were also some things that they could tell came straight from Tommy.
"Yeah, she does," Tommy said, as a few of the female rangers squealed with delight that they had another girl joining their ranks, even if she was only a few minutes old and would probably never fight in a single battle if Tommy had it his way. His little girl would be protected from all of the dangers that Kim and he had, had to face over the years, even if it meant that they were to be rangers until they died. There was just no way that she would ever deal with it, even if she really wanted to be a ranger, which he doubted as he was not going to deliberately tell his daughter about all of the crazy things that her parents had done. He really didn't want to have to deal with the questions that would come from that conversation, even if it would make him feel less guilty if she did know about what they did. "All six pounds and ten ounces of her."
"Got your eyes though, didn't she?" James asked, as the little girl opened her eyes and looked up at Tommy before closing them again with a little sigh.
"Yeah she did," Tommy said with a smile, before he truly looked out at his friends.
They all seemed relieved that the baby was finally there and that they didn't have to worry about Mesogogg harming the baby directly through Kim anymore, now they had to worry about Mesogogg harming just one or the other, and Tommy was damn determined that wouldn't happen. Mesogogg had to know that, although he seemed to be rather ignorant about all of the things that were going on lately. If he was stupid enough to go after either of them, then Tommy was going to call them all back, which was something that they understood. He couldn't deal with losing either of them, no matter what had happened in the past with him and Kim.
"What's her name, Tommy?" Aisha asked, as Zack had maneuvered her in front of him, so she could get a better view of the baby. She was a beautiful little baby, with her light brown hair and those dark brown eyes and that little pink complexion that she had; they had all fallen in love, already, with the first little ranger baby. That, however, was to be expected from them, even if they didn't want to admit it to anyone else that knew them.
"Angela Elizabeth Oliver, but we're just going to call her Angie. Neither one of us is too fond of being called by our full name. All of you know that," Tommy said with a laugh, as Aisha reached out to touch her cheek and was surprised when she opened her eyes, to stare up at all of them. Then she looked back at her daddy, wondering who all these strange people were and why they were looking at her.
"Oops," Aisha said, as she watched the baby's face cringe, before her eyes rested on a somewhat familiar face. None of them really wanted to deal with an upset baby tonight, but they were sure that Kim and Tommy would be dealing with that enough as is. They just hoped that these next few days would be calm for Kim and Tommy, as they knew that if things picked up after she was out of the hospital that they would be able to deal with it better.
"It's alright, Angie. These are just mommy and daddy's friends," Tommy whispered as the little girl continued to stare at everything that she could see, before closing her eyes again and snuggling closer, to be able to hear Tommy's heartbeat. He smiled down at her, as he felt a new found warmth rise in his heart. He thought that he loved Kim with everything he had, but he found that he loved this little girl just as much as his wife.
"So, how's Kim doing?" Jason asked, as he knew that some of the younger rangers were dying to know the answer to that question and he had to admit that he was as well. If she wasn't doing so great; then they might have a cause to worry instead of celebrate, but Tommy being out there let them know that most things were alright. He would not have left her if things were not going well after her having the baby. They all knew that about him.
"She's tired and will probably be a little bit sore for the next few days, but other than that she's fine, no C-section. She'll be getting out of the hospital in a few days and she'll be able to go back to normal activities in about two weeks, give or take a few days on that one," Tommy said with a smile, as he heard the collective sigh of relief exit almost everyone in the group.
It did not surprise him that they had reacted like this, although he had thought that they might not be that bad, although there were some things he didn't know. Like the fact that they had already been trying to think of other people that could help them, if they two of them were held out of duty for longer than expected. They could not risk being unprepared for something like that and they all hoped that it would be easy for Kim to come back to the action after not being able to work out for so long. If it wasn't then they might still have to worry, but she had always bounced back from pains rather quickly and they hoped that it would be the same this time.
"Thank God," Billy said, as some of the other rangers gave him an odd look before deciding it was just best to ignore what he said and let it go like it was normal. They didn't really want to risk saying anything while Tommy's parents were there. They couldn't and they all knew that it was just the stress that had caused that small outburst from the usually calm genius.
"So, when will we be able to see her?" Adam asked, as they heard the baby let out a tiny cry and they knew Tommy would be leaving soon. He didn't have the energy to deal with a fussy baby and they were sure that tonight's battle would eventually take hold of his body and that he would have to force himself to sleep. That was not something that he wanted to do, but he couldn't help but need some sleep after being called out of bed.
"I'd give her the rest of the night to rest up some more before you come see her, unless she requests people, which I already have some orders to carry out on that front. Mom, Dad, she wants the two of you to come back there and Jason, here's the keys to our house. Everyone can go back there for the rest of the night and then you can drive up here tomorrow if you want," Tommy said, as he passed his keys to Jason.
"Is Trini staying?" Jason asked, as Tommy couldn't help but laugh at the question.
"No, she's going home with you," Tommy said, as Angie let out a slightly louder cry, which signaled to him that he better head back to Kim's room, before she got too fussy. He was sure that he would be able to deal with her when she was fussy, but not now when he had so little patience left inside of him. "I'll see you in the morning?"
"Yeah, you can count on that one. I'll be bringing breakfast," Jason said, as Tommy turned to exit the waiting room, with his parents following close behind him. Jason and the others turned to leave the waiting room, knowing that they needed the rest and that they would be able to see Kim later on in the morning.
"She really is alright, Tommy?" Martha asked, as he looked over at his mother and nodded.
"Listen, Dad, about what we were talking about. We have a plan, however crazy it may be, but you can't say anything to anyone until we get rid of this monster. It's just too dangerous right now," Tommy said, as his mother gave him a confused look, but his father just nodded his head that he understood what he was saying. He knew that his wife was confused but there was not much that he could do to clear up the situation right now.
"Hey, I know. Don't worry. I wasn't planning on putting that grandbaby of mine in any more danger than she is already in," James said, as Tommy gave him a happy smile. He knew that his dad meant it and his mother could just deal without knowing the little secret for a few more months, as he was not sure that she wouldn't faint when she heard the news.
"Tommy," Kim said quietly as he walked into the room and headed straight for her, so she could hold and feed Angie. He knew that he had been anxious to show their friends that the baby was alright and he hoped Kim was fine with that, although he was sure that she would have given him an earful if she hadn't liked his idea. "She alright?"
"Yeah, just a little bit fussy," Tommy said, as he gave her a tight hug before looking down at his wife and baby carefully, as he felt the tiredness sinking into his own body. He had not truly felt that he had been in a battle until now and all he really wanted to do was crawl into bed next to her and go to sleep, with her in his arms. He was not sure that the hospital staff would approve of that, although he knew that it would make both of them much more comfortable in this place.
"You don't look so great yourself, Handsome. That bruise on your shoulder looks pretty painful. You need to find some ice for it," Kim said with a weak smile, as she went to feed the baby, not caring who was in the room.
The nurse was still there to help her get the hang of all of this, but she could tell that Tommy wanted to get it to where it was just the two of them, so they could talk about some things that no one else needed to hear about. There were issues about the battle that she needed to be informed of, no matter how stupid it might seem that they talk about it at a time like this one. She would soon be back out there and she needed to know about any new developments that came up.
"I know, but it's all worth it. The two of you are safe. The bruise will go away with time," Tommy said with a smile, as he sat down in a chair that was next to the bed. That chair had been so comfortable over the past few hours, but now his back was killing him from sitting in that position for a long time. He wished that he could stretch it out, but there seemed to be no way for him to do that, no matter what anyone else said as he didn't exactly trust the staff to take care of them the way that he would.
"So, are you really alright, Kim?" James asked, as he knew that the girl could put up a good strong façade for all of them, as she had dealt with the monsters as a teenager. The only sign that she was hurting was that she would fall asleep in their son's arms on the couch within ten minutes of arriving at their home on a school night.
It all made perfect sense to him now, but back then, it had sure been odd to see it happen when they were supposed to have loads of energy. They never had really questioned them about it, although it was something that they would have liked to do, as they did, constantly, wonder about why they were so tired. It, however, became normal and that was what led them to believe that they just worked out particularly hard at the Youth Center, everyday of the week and the weekends as well. It also kept them from looking at the truth, which was something that they did not want to see as no parent wants their child to be in danger, for any reason.
"Yeah, I'm alright. I'm just worn out, but she was worth it," Kim said, as the nurse took the baby and placed her in the crib, before pushing it towards the door. Kim had thought that the baby was going to stay with them overnight, as Tanya was bound to know everything that had happened tonight and what that meant for the two of them and their child. All three of them were in more danger now than they had been in a few hours before and neither of the adults was willing to let anything happen to Angie. That also meant that if it was necessary Tommy would leave Kim and hope that nothing happened to her. "What are you doing?"
"Angie is supposed to go to the nursery for the night and then she can be brought back in here in the morning. Standard hospital procedure, Mrs. Oliver," Sharon said, as Kim and Tommy both paled, before Tommy stood up to go find Tanya.
She would understand why the baby needed to stay with them, as it was the best for them and they were the only ones that could really protect the baby from any harm. He might have to put more things at risk, but Angie was not one thing he was willing to put at risk and he knew that Kim agreed with him on that particular choice.
"Where's he going?" Martha asked, as she sat down in the chair that Tommy had vacated and noticed that Kim was not really paying attention to anything she had said. She was still looking at the door that Tommy had gone out of a few seconds before and she seemed to know exactly what he was going to be doing, although that did not make her anymore comfortable with the idea. She knew that Tommy was going to try to talk some sense into Tanya, but she also knew that he would be risking a lot of information in order to do that. "Kim…"
"I don't know, but I do have an idea what he is going to have to say to someone," Kim said, as Sharon had stopped rolling the baby towards the nursery.
"Listen, I can go ask Dr. Jackson if she thinks that it will be alright for her to stay in here with you for the remainder of your stay, but I highly doubt that she will allow it. It is hospital policy for the baby to stay in the nursery and it takes a very persuasive reason to allow the child out of the nursery," Sharon said, as she could tell that something was disturbing them.
They weren't your ordinary couple, she could tell that much by the way they seemed to have a heightened sense of awareness of the things and people that were around them. There were little things that could make them jump, but they both seemed more than capable to take care of anything that came at them, although she could not tell why they would be worried about something coming after them.
They were nice people and that just didn't make any sense to her at all. It didn't look like they lived a life of crime, so the heightened awareness was just eerie to be around, as there was no logical explanation for it at all. At least, there was not a logical explanation that anyone would think of without knowing about their other life, which held the key to many things that they did.
"He'll find her and he'll tell her everything that she has to know. Don't worry about it," Kim said, as everyone in the room gave her a confused look before deciding it was best to ignore what she had said, as the tiredness was probably getting to her.
James knew exactly what she was talking about, but no one else in the room did and he was not crazy enough to try to help cover up the slip up. If he did that then he would have to explain a lot more than he needed to, to too many people and that would certainly make Tommy mad at him. His son had entrusted him with information that might get him killed if the wrong people knew about it and he honestly did not plan to break that trust. Not when it had taken Tommy ten years to tell him the truth of what was going on when he was in high school.
"Tanya," Tommy said, walking up to the doctors station and seeing her standing there, looking over some other patient's chart.
It was a busy night and early morning for her, but she was used to it, as she had two or three nights like this a week, on a bad week and this had happened to be a bad week in her books. Many of her patients had come in several weeks earlier than their projected due date and it was hard to explain it to the other doctors as she was being run ragged by the influx of patients, especially tonight.
"What's up, Tommy? You look like something is bothering you. Nothing has happened to Kim, right?" Tanya asked, as she started walking towards one of her patient's rooms, which happened to be in the opposite direction of Kim's room. She had thought this woman would be able to deliver the baby easily, but she was having more trouble than Kim had, had, which did surprise Tanya a good bit. She had honestly thought that Kim was probably going to have to have a C-section, but it seemed that she had been wrong and she was glad that she was wrong in that case.
"Something is bothering me, but it's not Kim. I know that you have heard of Mesogogg, Tanya," Tommy muttered as the doctor stopped dead in her tracks as she had those words muttered in her ear.
She had a feeling that Tommy was about to head into uncharted waters with this conversation, but she could understand why he would do that at a time like this. The creature had been gone for months and he was just barely making his presence known now, on the night that Kim went into labor, which she just hoped was an eerie coincidence. If it was not then she might panic herself. She had been out of the ranger game so long that she didn't want to have to deal with the possibility of an attack on the hospital because of one child being born to ranger parents.
"Yes, but what does that have to do with you? You retired years ago, remember?" Tanya said, looking at Tommy, knowing that it was probably not true, but in order to do anything she had to be told all of it by him or Kim. At this point, it looked like it was going to be him, due to the fact that Kim was hardly able to keep herself awake now or so she imagined. Kim had to be exhausted after pushing as long as she did and Tommy looked to be tired although he had something that obviously needed to be addressed. "This monster has nothing to do with you. You aren't a ranger and neither is Kim, you know that."
"I was retired and so was Kim, but thing's have changed over the last couple of years Tanya. We're both back in the game. I almost got killed while working with Anton Mercer a couple of years ago and trust me, this monster has everything to do with the two of us," Tommy said, stopping Tanya from walking anywhere else, as he really didn't feel comfortable having this conversation where he was having it, but he had no choice. She had to know or some horrible things might happen and they were things that Tommy would not ever let her live down if they did happen. "Please clear it for Angie to stay with me and Kim. He has come after Kim before and I know that he will be willing to come after Angie as well. He does not care who he hurts, as long as he gets his way."
"Are you crazy?" Tanya asked at a tone that was close to a yell, but she brought it down quickly as she knew the next part might really get Kim or Tommy killed if others knew about it, others who might be against all of the rangers. It was one thing to confide something like this in a former ranger, but it was another thing to publicize it all over the hospital. That would surely make Zordon turn over in his grave if she did something like that to Tommy or any other rangers when they were asking for her help. She also got the feeling that Tommy was only doing this because he truly thought that it was a threat to the two of them. "Mesogogg could come after her with the two of you so close by. She'd be safer in the nursery, where we will be able to watch her and control who comes in and out. Trust me, Tommy, I know what I am talking about here."
"He could come after her while she was in the nursery as well, Tanya. Listen, we're the only people here that can stop the damn monster and if you don't let the baby stay with us, we could very well be dealing with a kid napped child tomorrow. If that happens, I don't know what I would do to try to get her back. I also promise you, Kim would be walking out of the hospital and going to morph the second that she heard something like that had happened. I know you don't want her to do that right now, but if things happen, she will. You know her well enough to know that," Tommy said, knowing that he was going to have to startle her into understanding all of it.
Mesogogg had already taken Kim once and he was sure that he would be more than willingly to take Angie if he got the chance to do so and Angie couldn't fight back. He just had to manage to make that clear to Tanya and he just hoped he could get his point across quickly. There were minutes passing where his child was with people that didn't know about the extra danger the child was in and he wanted to keep that time to a minimum. It might be hard for people to understand without knowing the full truth, but for the two of them telling the truth to everyone might get them killed and he knew Tanya knew that or at the least remembered what it was like.
"You know that they couldn't just drop into the nursery and take her right back out. There are too many nurses there that could see it happen. They'd stop it from happening, Tommy," Tanya said, as Tommy looked at her, wondering how much he was going to have to reveal to her tonight. He didn't want to have to tell her everything that he knew, but he very well might have to do that to convince her that this was the right move to make in order to keep all of them as safe as they could from Mesogogg.
"That's the problem, they might not just drop in. We know that he has three informants, but he could have gotten more while he gave us that nice, little, break over these last few months. I don't want to take this risk. I don't want to risk my baby, Tanya," Tommy whispered, as a few doctors walked by and gave them curious glances before continuing on their way.
They could tell that they knew each other, but they did not like the way that the conversation looked to be going. The man seemed to be mad at their co-worker, but she gave them a look that told them not to step into help her. She could handle this and she also knew that Tommy would really go off on them if they tried to ask any prying questions that he could not answer.
"Tommy, be reasonable. He would not have gotten a nurse as an informant; they could give him nothing that would be helpful to his overall plan. That is just crazy and pretty stupid if you ask me," Tanya said, as Tommy leaned his head back and then looked Tanya in the eyes.
She asked for it. He really didn't want to tell her everything but now, he had no choice. She was not going to believe a bit of it until she learned the full truth about everything that had happened to cause Anton Mercer to become Mesogogg and thus go after the people that had the dino gems in their possession. Those people happened to live in Reefside and he happened to be one of the only people that knew the whole story about how Mercer had achieved this change, although he was not going to tell all of it to Tanya.
"He's a human himself, Tanya and so are all of his informants or at least they were at one time. Please, trust me on this one. I know what I am talking about and if you won't let her stay with us, then I'm going to sit outside the nursery all night and pray that he doesn't drop in, in Kim's room and take her away from us. She could hold him off for a little while, but not like she used to. I can't lose either of them, Tanya. Don't you see that? Don't you see that I am the only one that can protect them?" Tommy whispered and then they went silent for a few minutes.
She knew that she was going to have to do what Tommy asked, because Angie and Kim were really in danger, but she just had to figure out a way to make it as inconspicuous as possible. Tanya knew that what Tommy was saying was true, it had to be, otherwise he would not have bothered to tell her any of it. The problem was that they were not going to be able to do this without raising some suspicion, although they did not care about anything being suspicious to anyone. They just had to keep Angie safe, and she knew that was the most important thing to them right now. The hard part would be convincing any other doctors that asked that it was best, as they did not know where Tommy was coming from and would not even understand it if he did attempt to tell them about it. They would probably suggest the he be sent to the Psyche Ward and then Tanya would have to do some crazy things to get him out of there which would not look good for her.
"Okay, Tommy, but I have to be the one to tell the nurse to take the baby back to your room. Let her take the baby to the nursery for a little while and then I'll tell them about my decision. I know that you don't want for her to be gone even that long, but I have to cover some bases to keep them from asking you too many questions. I know that the two of you cannot afford to arouse suspicion, so let me cover this the best that I can," Tanya said, as he shook his head that he understood and then turned to go back to Kim's room. He needed to be with her tonight, so the two of them could try to get their brains to accept everything that was going on around them. It was a lot to take at once, but they would somehow get themselves to understand it, even if it did take longer than normal. "Hey, tell me if you need any help."
"I will," Tommy said with a smile before he continued on his way.
"What did you have to do that was so important?" Martha asked, as Tommy looked over at her and thought about how he was going to word his answer.
He knew that the majority of the people in the room knew what was going on, but his mother was not one of them and he could not afford to tell her, due to the fact that she might break down in a matter of seconds. He could tell it was eating at his father, knowing the danger that his grandchild was in, but he knew the risks of telling anyone and he wouldn't do that to them now.
"Trying to keep Angie with us," Tommy said, as he seemed to have caught Kim's attention, as she had only barely managed to keep up small talk with the two of them while he was gone. She was distracted and seemed worried, although that did not seem odd, as most mothers don't like being separated from their children, at all.
"What did they say, son?" James asked, as he was curious to find out the answer to that one as well. He understood, now, why Angie had to stay with them, but he could only hope that the hospital staff would understand it and not ask too many questions of Tommy and Kim. They didn't need to spend their energy answering questions that they would have to flat-out lie about.
"Tanya's going to work on it. She should be back with us in a few minutes," Tommy said with a smile, as his father got the idea that Tommy had quite a few things that he needed to talk with only his wife about. He would never bluntly ask them to leave, but there were times when he knew that was what his son needed the most and this was one of those times.
"Well, we're going to let the two of you get some rest and we'll come up here sometime tomorrow. Try to get some rest Tommy, you look like you need it," James said, as Martha looked up at him questioningly. They seemed to have some secret that was going on between the two of them and she did not know if she wanted to ask them about it, not right now at least. If she did, she might get an answer that scared her more than anything else that she had ever known.
"Bye," Tommy said with a smile as he stood up to hug both of them. He didn't see them as often as he would like, but when he did, he gave them as much affection as he felt that he could. He knew that life was much too short for him to not let the people that he loved know that he cared about them.
"Tommy, you need to rest," Kim said quietly as he looked at her like she had lost her mind. He should be saying something like that to her, not the other way around, but he knew how true that statement was. He was tired and his body was hurting him right now from the blows that had been dealt to him, but that was not what he was concentrating on at all. The two of them needed to be protected and there was no guarantee that he would wake up if he went to sleep. So, he planned to stay up tonight, even if she didn't want him to do that. "Tanya will bring her in, in a little while. You need to rest, you've go lots of things that will be taking away your sleep later on."
"Beautiful, don't worry about me, you rest. I'll have plenty of time to do that once we get back home," Tommy said, as she shook her head and then looked towards the door as it started to open.
"I have someone here to see you," Tanya said with a smile, as she wheeled Angie's crib into the room. She immediately saw the relief flood into Tommy's eyes as he saw that she was safe and she merely saw Kim shake her head towards Tommy, before leaning her bed back to a sleeping position. She needed to sleep, just as much as he did, although he was not listening to her at all and Tanya doubted that he would listen to her either. Once he decided that he was or was not going to do something, it was rare that people talked him out of it. "Now, before I can really leave you I have some things that I need to know."
"Tanya, I've told you everything that I can about all of that. I can't risk anymore until Mesogogg is gone," Tommy said, as Kim looked over at him rather sharply before she decided to not question his judgement. He had done what he had to do to get Angie to stay with them, even though that meant that he had to tell Tanya everything and risk a lot of people accidentally finding out about them being rangers.
"I don't want to talk about the details right now, Tommy. There are just a few things that I need to know before I can consent to some things as a doctor and as your friend," Tanya said, as Tommy looked over at her, wondering if he was going to have to do something drastic to get her to really understand all of this. He had already been rather bold about what he had told her, he didn't know if he had the gumption to say any more, especially about some of the things that he knew Alpha and Hayley had been working on.
"Go ahead," Tommy said, as he noticed Kim staring over at Angie. She seemed to want to have her in her arms right then and with what was about to be said; he didn't blame her one bit as he carried the sleeping Angie over to her. She was scared to have to deal with it and usually Tommy would wrap both of his arms around her while they dealt with this, but she wanted to shield Angie, just in case things got out of hand.
"Listen, I know that you risked a lot to tell me that much, but Tommy why were you brought back into the action? I thought that once we retired that we really were out of it for good," Tanya said, as Kim just shook her head while she watched Tommy fight back laughing, although it was most inappropriate.
"Well, we all thought that, but Zordon had other ideas…how do I put this?" Tommy asked, as he thought for a few seconds on how to best introduce when they had come out of retirement, the first time. It was not as if it was well known among the other rangers, which made it hard to explain why Zordon choose the nine of them to do what they did in the first place. "He asked the first nine rangers to take on a mission after he was gone. He knew that he was going to be leaving us and we all know what that means, he was trying to say his final good-byes to everyone that needed to hear them. Tanya, he asked us to defeat an evil with powers that he had waiting for us when the time came and we did. That was when we first came out of retirement and since then, it seems that there has been a constant battle around us."
"You were the rangers that did that?" Tanya asked, as she could vividly remember the television broadcasts that showed those rangers, although she could not believe that was them and she could not believe that it took them such a short time to defeat their enemy. Sure, the white ranger had acted like Tommy and the green ranger like Rocky, but it just didn't make any sense to her until now. "Oh my goodness."
"Yeah, hard to believe isn't it?" Kim asked with a smile and then she yawned as Tommy and Tanya exchanged a look. She needed to rest, that much was certain, they would have the next few days to catch up on the things like that, as she knew how real it all was for the two of them.
"That is what…they got you back together?" Tanya asked, as she had to admit that she wondered about how that happened. It didn't seem like Kim and Tommy would just bump into each other at random, from across country.
She had only heard things for a very long time and then when she saw how Tommy reacted when Kim was captured, she knew the truth. Everyone did. The only problem was no one would admit that they knew what was best, when it would break another person's heart, although Kat was the one that let Tommy know that she would never be right for him. That had helped him a lot but it did not help him as much as they had hoped that it would. He didn't go after her as they had hoped and he was still fairly miserable until he finally was forced to talk to her.
"Yeah, they did," Tommy said, as he noticed that Kim was starting to doze off, not that he blamed her at all for that one. She had the right to be exhausted and he was surprised that she had even stayed awake as long as she had managed to over the last few hours.
"I guess I better be going, but my offer still stands if you ever need me," Tanya said, as she saw Kim was asleep and that Angie had settled herself against Kim rather quickly. That made it a little bit easier for Tommy, as he would only have to watch one area of the room and he might even decide that he needed to get some rest as well. "Get some rest Tommy, a nurse will come check on you every hour."
"Alright, but you know that is nearly impossible for me to do," Tommy said, as Tanya left and he could not help but to stare at his wife and baby.
They both looked so peaceful right now, but he knew that it might be the last time that they were sleeping so well, so unassumingly. He knew the risks and so did his wife, but they were both happy right now and tired to boot. He was going to get some rest and then he had to face the next day, not knowing what might be in store for them.
AN: That's all for this chapter, I know that it is a lot shorter than the last one, but I hope that you enjoy it anyway.