Disclaimer: I do not own the power rangers or any of the weapons and/or original characters from that series. This is the third story in the "Saving the World, Again" series, so any characters from those stories that are mine, might be brought in. I do own the character Ally Jameson as I know she will appear in this story a good bit and I just wanted to let you know that she is my character from the beginning. I also own the characters of Janice Mitchell, Principal McEntire, Mallory Wiggins, David Jackson, and Sharon.
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Now, on with the Story!
"Good morning every body. Rise and shine," Tanya said with a smile as she entered Kim's room early the next morning, having gotten only a few minutes of sleep as she had just had one mother deliver that had gotten to the hospital several hours before Kim. Kim was sitting up already and watching Tommy sleep, while he snored rather loudly, which was something Tanya had never heard or seen him do while he was in the hospital with anyone.
Tanya was fairly sure that he had stayed awake all night, like he had said that he would, in order to make sure Kim and Angie would be all right. He trusted that the hospital had a security system in place for normal circumstances, but she knew that his system was far better than theirs was and it probably always would be due to some of his training. It also did comfort her that he did that, due to the type of activity that would be involved if someone wanted to come after Kim. She had to admit that one, even if the rest of the hospital staff didn't agree or know about his, rather unorthodox, security system that was in place.
"Mornin'," Kim said brightly as Angie let out a small cry before Kim walked over to pick her up out of her crib, as Tommy had taken her out of her arms late last night. The night had been fairly quiet for the three of them, but it had not been for the rest of the hospital staff. "You look like you've had quite a night."
No matter how much some of the staff hated to admit it, they were glad that Tanya had made the decision to let little Angie Oliver stay in her parent's room. After the odd occurrences that had happened in various places in the hospital, they were surprised that they had not been sent to a room in the hospital that no one knew about.
The hospital advisors had considered it, but Tanya insisted that they stayed in the room they were in. She knew that if Tommy found out about the breech in security, then he would be likely to request that they leave early and she knew she needed to monitor Kim more. From what she knew there had never been another pregnant Power Ranger and she wanted to make sure that nothing happened as a result of that, but she didn't even know what symptoms that Kim might suffer from due to being a ranger.
"Same thing to you as well. Did Tommy sleep any last night? If he did, then I'm surprised that he isn't awake now," Tanya said, as she knew that Kim had slept. Kim could not have stayed awake, no matter how hard she tried to do that, having a baby just took too much out of a person, even if they did have powers.
Kim had only barely gotten to sleep before she woke up feeling her stomach cramp last night and she knew that Tommy could have only been gone for a few minutes before she called him home. The thing was, she had been tired from the day before, as they had had to work down in the Command Center a great deal, not that they broadcast that to everyone that they knew. They still had to keep some things secret, although Tommy had told a lot of people some information last night due to different situations that arose.
"I don't think so. He was worried about what Mesogogg might try to do, but I guess nothing happened in here or he would have woken me up," Kim said as Tommy opened his eyes to the bright sunshine and groaned at the day that greeted him. He had hoped that he would be able to sleep during the day, but that was just not happening with the fact that it was a bright and sunny day, which did fit his mood, in some ways and in some ways he wished that it would have been cloudy. It would have made him sleeping late come easier.
"I don't think that the two of you have to worry about anyone coming in your room. The nurses have probably checked on the two of you more than anyone else in this hospital," Tanya said.
She had not told any of the hospital staff what was going on, but she made sure they understood that these two people were to be given top priority. Mainly because, Tommy might go after someone if something happened to either of the other two in the room, especially if the hospital staff could have prevented it.
"That's good. Did you have a lot more patients here last night besides me?" Kim asked, as she had gotten the feeling that Tanya had been running between patients this morning and it was about to drive her crazy.
It was truly a wonder that she had gone into this profession, but it did work for her, in some ways and then there were the times that she couldn't understand why she decided to do this. It was absolutely wonderful to bring new lives into the world; day in and day out, but there were some things that suffered because of the odd hours that she had to work.
Her marriage to David Jackson had suffered as a direct result of her work schedule,especially over the last few months. His job was much more stable and he always worked from nine to five, but he was a great guy, despite some of the feelings that she had about him right now. She felt like she didn't know what love was, when she saw the way that her ranger colleagues acted when they were in love, but he would have to do. She had lost her chance at Rocky years ago.
"Yeah, but that also means that there were a lot of babies born last night. The two of you would have probably gotten a kick out of the woman that was worried that Mesogogg's battle would somehow affect the hospital and in an odd sort of way, it did. I couldn't tell her that, but she could have sworn that she had seen a Zord fly by and that a monster was going to hop in here at any time. I have never had to calm someone down because of that. It was actually pretty interesting," Tanya said, as Tommy looked over at her and gave her an odd look.
He was barely able to concentrate on anything, but he would be able to do that once he found something that did interest him and the word Mesogogg did that right now. He could have heard the word in passing and he still would have found a way to concentrate on what was said after it, even if that meant he had to stop walking. That was a word that he did not toss around lightly and he expected that most other people would not do the same thing, although this woman had. She obviously had no clue how close tothe truththat could have been, but Tommy was glad Tanya had kept that sort of information to herself.
"People shouldn't joke like that, though. One day this hospital might be attacked and I'd hate to know that some people wouldn't take him seriously until that happened," Tommy said, as he knew just how close of a call it had been for everyone in the hospital last night.
If Mesogogg had been determined, he would have followed them to the hospital last night and waited until they knew that Kim had had the baby and attacked, but it seemed that they were not going to try to do anything that was very obvious, which scared him. He didn't like the way that Mesogogg seemed to think and his thinking went along the lines of taking Angie and Kim hostage in order to lure him into battle. He didn't want that to happen because he would be worried about hurting either of them instead of defeating Mesogogg and his goons, although his anger would overshadow his rational side for a long time.
"They don't live the way we do, Handsome. Not many people can say that they ever have or ever will. You can't blame them for being casual about something that they do not understand," Kim said with a smile as she fed Angie while rocking back and forth on the bed, as sitting still bothered her after being told to sit still for so long. She also knew that she might as well work out the pain, even if it did bother her at the moment. "And I don't think that they would want to, not with the way that things go around our home. They would probably throw in the towel after the first week that they had a major problem occur and they found out that someone was pregnant or could die or anything of that nature. We're a special breed of people."
"I know, but it is unnerving to hear people talk about it like it is nothing. They don't take it seriously; they just assume that the Power Rangers will always be there, but we're normal people too, we have a life outside of being rangers. Things can happen to us that will make it to where we can't do anything either and I don't think many would want to step up and do this. Like you said, we're a special breed of people and there are fewer of us every day," Tommy said, as the door creaked open and the two of them looked over at the door, hoping that whoever it was had not heard them or if they had, they assumed that this was a conversation that did not need to be repeated.
"Dr. Jackson, we still have not been able to locate the woman that came into the nursery this morning, but she has not returned either. All of the children are fine," Sharon said, as Tommy gave Tanya a reproachful glare before looking over at the woman and hoping to hear some details. This situation certainly did not sound like it was a great thing, but it could have turned out much worse, if he was thinking about who this woman was probably after.
"Well, if you don't mind checking Angie here then I'll be on my way. I need to be on my way to visit another patient. I'll stop back by later on," Tanya said, as she knew that she did not want to have to answer the questions that were running through Tommy's mind right now. He seemed willing to pounce because of his lack of sleep and she did not want to be the one to bring his inner tiger out. She knew that she did not have the strength to fight him off and Kim might somehow have the common sense to do it, but she was not in the condition to either. She just hoped ignoring it would make it go away.
"Who came into the nursery?" Kim asked, out of curiosity as Sharon looked over Angie and carefully considered how to answer the question or if she should even answer it.
She didn't know if she should disclose the information to this couple, but they seemed to have been the possible target and the least that they could use was a warning. It, however, seemed to her that they knew they were in danger, only the danger she suspected right now was not something any normal person would go through. That was what really puzzled her.
"We are not really sure who it was, but the woman was looking for a baby, but she couldn't find the baby before we got there. We're not sure how she got in, but it does not make me comfortable. It was as if she just dropped into the nursery. I don't know how someone could do that unless they worked for Mesogogg or the Power Rangers," Sharon said, as she noticed the young couple exchange a glance before returning to normal looking parents. That glance, however, confirmed what she thought. They knew who it was and they suspected that the person had been after their child, without a question in their mind about it.
"Well, I'm glad that she was not able to find the baby," Tommy said, as he had a good idea of which baby the woman had been looking for and he was glad that he had fought to keep her with them. If not, he would have been in a horrible mood this morning or whenever Tanya had been brave enough to tell him what had happened.
"So are we, well visiting hours will be starting soon and I'm sure that your friends will be coming in at sometime. They seemed to want to see you last night, but you were too tired to be able to take that," Sharon said, as she handed Angie to Tommy, knowing that Kim was going to soon standup as she was scooting over to the edge of the bed, being as gentle as she could with her sore bottom.
"You still have part of your belly," Tommy said, gently, as Kim stood up and looked over at him with a look of shock that he would stay that.
She desperately wanted to change into some other clothes, as her hospital gown was covering nothing when she stood up and she was not willing for her friends to see her backside. She didn't really care if Tommy saw it, but her friends would not deal with it as well as he would. He was actually used to it now, but they were not used to seeing her in anything but something that completely covered her backside.
"I expected that, I just had her a few hours ago, Tommy. It will take a little while to undo the months of change," Kim said, as she dug out a t-shirt and a pair of Tommy's shorts from her suitcase, as well as some underwear.
He was surprised that she was that eager to put on something that resembled clothing, but he also knew that she would not be lying down again for quite awhile and this would be more comfortable for her and she would not have to worry about exposing anything. She would probably be walking laps in her room if they would let her get away with it, although he did want her to rest while she was here. She knew what was coming and she just wanted to prepare for it, even if that meant her doing some crazy things, but he wanted her to get the rest that she desperately needed.
"Don't think badly of yourself, Kim. You're beautiful and I love you no matter what," Tommy said as he walked over to guard the door while Kim changed into some other clothes.
"I know and I'll lose it eventually, considering the fact that I will have to start fighting again pretty soon. I need to be in some sort of shape for that," Kim said, as it was Tommy's turn to not like how that sounded.
He wanted her to be able to be a mother and not worry about her ranger duties, but this was something that had to be taken care of now. If they didn't take care of it now, it would just get worse as Angie grew older and they preferred that she not know about it at all. What she didn't know, would not hurt her and they wanted this to be one of those situations. It didn't need to affect her life the way that it had affected theirs.
"I don't want you to have to do that," Tommy said as he felt the door being pushed against his back and he turned around to see who was trying to enter the room. Kim was mostly changed, but he knew that she would not want anyone coming in until she was through, no matter who it was or what they wanted.
"Hey," Trini said, as Kim pulled up Tommy's shorts and quickly looked up to catch Tommy laughing at her. If it had been anyone else, she would not have hurried, but Kim wanted to see them, even if she didn't want to admit that to anyone. They had insight and they also had news that she needed to hear.
"Come on in. I'm changed now," Kim said with a smile, as they all walked in. Neither of them were surprised to see that they were all at the hospital this early in the morning.
Tommy knew that his parents would probably come up around lunch, to let him go get some real food for the two of them and to give him a chance to go home, which he was sure he was going to need to do. He needed to get a full report from Hayley and check to see if there was any new developments that he needed to be made aware of while he was still at the hospital. As much as he wanted to leave the ranger life behind for a little while, he knew that he needed to know everything that he could, so it would not hurt them. They had to be prepared, even if they didn't like the idea of it.
"We brought you something," Jason said, as he had a Hardee's bag held behind his back and he knew that the two of them were probably starving. Tanya had sent breakfast in there, but Kim had pushed away the tray and told the nurse she was not going to eat that. She just hoped that their friends would bring them something that was edible or she was going to have to go hungry.
"All I have to say, is that it better not have anything to do with rangers or I will strangle you, even if you are stronger than me," Kim said, as Jason held out the Hardee's bag and saw her eyes brighten at the sight of food. They had all suspected that the two of them would be hungry, but Kim's reaction was exactly what they had wanted to see. She wanted to think about good things and as long as they avoided touchy subjects, they would be fine and even some of the touchy subjects would now be tolerated, because of her happiness. "Thank you, Jason."
"It was no problem. You have to get your strength back and he has to get some rest sometime today. We need both of you," Jason said, as Tommy had fallen asleep with Angie in his arms and he saw Trini snap a quick picture.
They all knew that Tommy had to be exhausted, but with the way that Mesogogg had acted last night, they had doubted that he would be able to sleep at all, even when he got really tired. He had not slept well the night that Kim had been in the hospital while they were in high school and they were sure that he had not slept well last night either. It jut was not in him to change his ways.
"Let him sleep. It's no big deal, he needs the rest more than I do right now. He's worn out from that battle," Kim said, as they nodded their heads in agreement. Trini went to her purse, so that she could dig out some of the pictures that she had printed out on Tommy's computer this morning, knowing that Kim would want to see them. She had been surprised that they had turned out so well, but she only hoped that Kim would like them. If not, it was just going to be too bad, there was no turning back the clock to get more pictures. "Why did you come so early? I mean, it is a Saturday after all."
"Well, some of us have projects to work on later on today," Billy said with a smile and Kim nodded her head that she understood and then tried to concentrate on some other form of conversation, as Billy was skirting the ranger topic.
"The nurses also tried to convince us that it would be bad for you if more than two of us came in at a time, but we didn't listen to her. You know how we are about stuff like that," Jason said, as Trini handed the pictures over to Kim, who was looking at them in confusion, wondering why Trini had pictures for her to look at. She hadn't asked her to take any, although she wished that she would have now. She didn't have any pictures and that was something that she had not expected to admit to happening. It just was not in her nature to not take pictures. "Did little one sleep good last night?"
"Yeah, Jason. I'm glad about that, because I know that I wouldn't have been able to wake up and do anything last night. I was exhausted," Kim said with as smile as she looked at the pictures and realized whom they were of. They had figured that it would take her a little while to figure out who the pictures were of, but it would be worth it in the end. "Trini, when did you take these?"
"Last night. I knew that you would want some pictures and I had my camera with me, so I took them. I really like the one of the three of you," Trini said, as she figured that Kim had not gotten to that one yet.
The majority of the girls had gotten teary-eyed this morning when they saw it. It was just too sweet and they did not picture seeing Tommy being so gentle, although they all knew he was capable of it, he just rarely showed it to anyone. He had to keep up a certain level of toughness, with everyone but Kim.
"Wow," Kim muttered as she saw it. She had never seen a picture where Tommy looked so happy in her life and the way that he so calmly looked at her shocked her. It seemed like there was nothing going on around them except the baby and that was the way they had wanted it to be. She could remember him doing that last night, but it was all a blur with everything else that had gone on that she didn't even realize that they were taking pictures. "I didn't realize you were taking pictures."
"I know, but I'm glad that it was like that. The two of you look like yourselves. You're not guarding anything like you usually do," Trini said, as Kim nodded her head.
They all had this guarded look in their eyes when they took pictures, not that many could notice it, but the two of them did not in this picture and they knew that they were vulnerable, although no one could really see anything but love. Neither of them was worried at that moment and that had somehow managed to shine through, despite what was in the back of their minds.
"Well, we all know what it is like to do that. I'm just glad that she's alright," Kim said with a smile, as she had to admit that she had feared things would go wrong with Angie, just because of her being a ranger. They all couldn't agree more with that statement. If Angie had not been all right, they would have all felt bad about it and Kim and Tommy probably wouldn't have been able to function at all. They wanted her so much and none of them knew if they could take anything bad happening.
"We're all glad that the two of you are alright. I don't know what Tommy would have done if something had happened to either of you. I wouldn't have wanted to see that happen," Rocky said, as he could only imagine what one of his best friends would do and it really scared him and he had a feeling it would scare Kim as well.
"I could imagine what it would be like and it wouldn't be good," Kim said, with a laugh while she ate her breakfast that she had just now managed to unwrap, as she had been distracted from eating by talking to them. "I know I said I didn't want to hear about ranger stuff, but how did they really do after Tommy left? They really are all right?"
"They did alright, but they didn't understand how to use the power boosters and we tried to explain it to them, but I'm not sure it sunk into them. It was fairly late when we started explaining it to them and they were tired. We'll try again in a couple of days," Hayley said, as Kim thought about that and then shook her head.
It had seemed natural to them to use them only in small increments and not use their full force at one time. The younger rangers were bound to test them more than Tommy, because they still got scared during some of the more heated parts of the battles and he was still level headed, most of the time. She knew that there were times when that was not true, but he somehow managed to reign himself in most days.
"That wasn't easy. They didn't understand the point," Zack said, as he looked at his watch out of old habit. They had all gotten used to not wearing a watch and just a communicator, although they had, had to replace that with something to keep them sane after their ranger days were over.
"I can imagine that it wouldn't be. You can't exactly get inside their brains and show them how you do it. They just have to learn from the mistakes that they make," Kim said, as she was sure that her method varied slightly from Tommy's and Jason's but that was because they were different people.
"I wish we could, it would be easier for all of us. They would know and there would be no chance that they would mess up from inexperience," Jason said as Kim nodded her head that she understood, but they were just going to have to find whatever worked best for them.
"Rocky, why are you so tired?" Kim asked, as he yawned before sinking down to the floor. He had been able to stay awake all last night and work with Billy on some things, but the two of them were not able to really function right now, although Billy was fairing better due to previous experience.
"We had to work on some things and I had barely gone to sleep when Hayley called me. It was worth it, though," Rocky said with a smile before he leaned back against the wall to fall asleep. She was glad that Tommy was asleep, as he had been so insistent on things lately that he probably would have yelled at Rocky for talking about this so openly. "Now, I just want to know if he slept any last night."
"I don't think he did, but we all knew that he probably wouldn't. I don't blame him for being worried. It would be just like Mesogogg to attack us in the hospital," Kim said, as Ally nodded her head while looking at Angie and laughing. The little girl would not stay still, as she was squirming in Tommy's arms trying to get him to pay attention to her, although he was sound asleep from exhaustion.
"Tommy got lucky," Adam said, as they all looked at him in confusion. Why would he say something like that now? "What? It's the truth. He got you back and now the two of you have a baby, despite everything else that happened to you. We all know that this probably shouldn't have happened, but it did and that was either luck or something that we know nothing about."
"Thanks for reminding me about all of it. I had kinda forgot that all of that had happened," Kim said with a slight hint of sarcasm, as he moved behind Katherine, afraid that Kim would fire at him at any time. She had plenty of ammunition with the few teddy bears that they had brought in to keep Kim and Tommy from going insane, although they really were for Angie.
"Kim, when are you going to be able to work at the dojo again?" Ally asked, as she was going to have to leave within the next few minutes to teach a class that was scheduled for today. Saturday's were always their busiest day and she was sure that they would insist that it stay that way as long as it could.
Kim and Tommy's week days were so full and there was not much that they could do to change that, unless they were able to get Mesogogg to disappear, which he had done for awhile. Now they knew that they had to defeat him, no matter what anyone else said. That was their top priority right now.
"Around two weeks, but if things progress quickly on the ranger front it might be longer than that," Kim said, as Ally sighed and looked over at Rocky. They had not really sat down and talked about what him going back out there meant for them. She had always thought that she would be able to take it when the day came, but now she was not so sure. "I know that you don't want him to go, but we have to do this, Ally. It's our job, we can't turn aside from it now."
"Why does it have to be you? Why can't it be some other rangers?" Ally asked, as Kim sighed and tried to think of a good way to explain it. They had come after them first and now they just had to deal with it, although that was not the best excuse they could give. "There are other people that can do this just as well as you."
"We asked the same thing of Tommy, but they came after us first, so it is our responsibility. I know that it makes no sense, but we all agreed to it when we first found out about Mesogogg and we have to go through with it," Jason said, trying to smooth things over for Rocky, knowing that he would have to talk to her about this eventually. Jason just wanted to prevent that talk from happening today, as none of them were ready to referee a fight. Also, Rocky was not in the mental state to argue his point. He was never too good when he didn't get sleep.
"But all of you are alright with this?" Ally asked, as she had the feeling that Kim and Tommy did not like the idea at all.
"No, but it is a part of our life as much as anything else is. We've done this for far too long and we know that there are some consequences to it. We always knew that there could be consequences, but we're hoping that it will stay away for just a little while longer," Kim said.
"And we just have to deal with the risks, we always have," Aisha said as Zack looked over at her and tried to not say anything to her about what was going on.
Zack was worried about them still not being back together, but he would talk to her about it before the mission if he had it his way. He could not keep going on acting as if he didn't care when he loved her with everything that he had. If she didn't care, he'd find a way to live with it, but he knew that he could not live with it, no matter what happened.
"I don't understand any of you," Ally said, as Adam looked over at her and tried to think of a way to make her understand how they were and why this was instilled in them.
"Well, maybe this will help you understand why we are like this. You love gymnastics, right?" Adam asked, as she shook her head yes, although none of them knew where he was going with this one. They could only hope that his idea would convey how they felt about being rangers, in some far-fetched way. "Well, you'd do anything to keep on doing gymnastics, even if it meant you might be in danger. We love being rangers and we're willing to come back any time they need an extra ranger."
"But do they really need you this time? There are four other able bodied rangers. Why do the nine of you have to go help save the world?" Ally asked, as they looked over at Hayley and Kim. The two of them would probably be able to answer that question the best of anyone else in the room that was awake.
"We need everyone that can help us to do this. I know that I don't want to have to worry about Mesogogg coming back after we defeat him. I want him to be gone for good," Kim said, as Hayley shook her head that she agreed with her about all of the things that she said. "He has to be gone for good this time, I mean that with every fiber of my being. There can not be any coming back. This has to be our true retirement from being rangers."
"It's rough on all of us, Ally, but we've learned to deal with it," Jason said, as he looked over at Trini who was not comfortable with this conversation. They had started talking about whether or not they wanted to start a family, but with things being so up in the air, the answer had been no and it would stay that way for awhile, although neither of them particularly liked that option. "But Kim's right, we have to do everything right this time. We can't afford to say that we will get them next time, we have a life to live."
"Excuse me, but I need to check on the mother and the baby," Sharon said, as she entered the room full of visitors, who looked slightly put out by her statement.
"Well, we better get going. That dojo is not going to run itself," Rocky said, as he had managed to talk Jason into teaching Tommy's classes today and he knew that Jason would do that, even if it was rough on him. He had a few more responsibilities sitting on his shoulders while Tommy was in the hospital with Kim, although they had all known that this would happen.
"Bye, have a good day," Kim said, as they walked out of the room. As soon as Sharon left, Kim laid back down to get some more rest, which was going to be a luxurious thing over the next few days. Tanya knew that as long as they were in the hospital, she could guarantee that Kim and Tommy got some rest, which was important for them to do while they could.
AN: I just wanted to give you a little piece of what their hospital stay was like. I hope that you have enjoyed this chapter and please feel free to review, even if you don't like it!