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Going Back to Work
Kim's POV
I'm afraid that I will not have many more peaceful afternoons alone with Angie and Tommy with the way that things are going right now. The battles are now occurring on a daily basis and Tommy has had to fight in several of them in order to keep the rangers from falling under the pressure that Mesogogg is putting on them. It is a lot worse than it has been in years around here and the morale is starting to fade, which is to be expected. I just hope that it does not get so bad that they think about quitting the fight, we can't afford to lose any of them now, when things are about to get so bad.
I don't know how much longer it will be before he calls me in, as I am now able to fight, from a medical standpoint, although I could have gone out sooner. Tanya released me a few days ago, although it was with a warning that came out sounding like a genuine threat from her. She wanted to make sure that I knew exactly what I was asking my body to do so soon after having a baby and I knew what I was asking, even if she didn't like to hear it. She didn't have much of a choice but to let me off of restrictions, although I know that it hurts her to not be able to be out here helping us. We knew that all of this would happen, but it is becoming rough to understand why Mesogogg has decided to force the issue now instead of at an earlier time, when he did have an advantage becausewe were down a ranger.
"Dr. O, we need your help," Conner said into his communicator and within seconds Tommy landed next to him, still dressed in his karate gi and looking rather irritated with the way that Mesogogg was dealing with the rangers. He was becoming desperate and Tommy knew that desperate times often called for desperate measures.
Tommy immediately went into battle mode, without bothering to morph, as he knew that he confused his own rangers every time that he morphed into the white ranger. There had been a few times when Trent had given him these odd looks, but Trent was getting more used to seeing the other white ranger there, as it had happened to be Tommy's signature color first, although he had never mentioned that to Trent. Tommy got the feeling that Trent wouldn't take that idea too well and he was just going to keep quiet about that particular fact. Trent had enough hanging over his head as it was, with him knowing that his father was Mesogogg.
"Conner, no need to yell. I get the point. Now, where's the monster?" Tommy asked, as he looked around and then saw a flash of light out of the corner of his eyes. Before he knew what had hit him, he was knocked to the ground and was looking to see what type of monster had caused it. They had figured out exactly how much he was protected without his wonderful powers and he was going to have to morph soon, in order to protect himself. He looked around to see who had done that and when he saw who it was, he was not pleased with the thoughts that crossed his mind. He just prayed that it was not who he thought it was and that it was someone new. He could deal with someone new better than this creature that still haunted his dreams at times. "Well, I found out what it can still do."
"Nice to see you again, Tommy. Your little rangers are no match for me," Goldar said, as Tommy truly looked over at him for the first time, and swore under his breath. This was something that he had feared since he had come back into his ranger work.
He thought that he had dealt with Goldar for the last time in his life when they had vanquished Rita and Zedd from the moon, years ago. He was, obviously wrong about that, but he had seen weirder things happen to all of the rangers. In some ways, he would rather deal with this group than any other, as they did know the most about them, but that was a double edged sword. Goldar and all of Lord Zedd's help knew just as much about them as well, which scared him, especially if Goldar picked up that Kim was weak. He knew exactly how to get to Tommy and he would, at any cost, including Kim if it was necessary. He didn't know if that was something he could deal with too well.
"Dr. O, are you alright?" Kira asked, as he stood up to face Goldar. The younger rangers had no clue who that was and the history that was shared between the two of them, all they knew was that he seemed to be a horrible monster, with a hell of an attitude.
Kira noticed him reach for communicator and then stop, it seemed like he was tempted to call in more back up. As if he knew something that they didn't about this person. Her assumption, happened to be right, although she had no clue how she had been able to guess it.
He didn't particularly want to have to call his wife in, but he might not have the luxury of leaving her at home much longer. He knew Kim was watching from the Command Center and he could only hope that she was preparing herself for all of this. She knew that with Lord Zedd and Rita coming back into the picture, that he would not have much of a choice of keeping her out. He didn't want the younger rangers to have to deal with a monster that had originally come after just them and no one else. It didn't seem to be their responsibility in his mind.
"I'm fine, but you need to handle the tryadrones. I'll take care of Goldar. He has nothing to do with you," Tommy muttered, as Kim watched on from the command center staring, in shock and awe, at the display screen. She knew that he was close to calling her in, none of the others knew how to deal with Goldar, and he didn't want to teach them how to do that on a moment's notice. It really couldn't be done, if the truth were known. He, however, could not stay unmorphed much longer and was forced to morph, as Goldar sent another blast towards him, for his own protection. Goldar did not care what it took to take him out and he knew that he and Jason were two of the rangers that Goldar had always wished to defeat, but he had never managed to accomplish that feat. He was now going to try that more than anything else in this world and it scared Kim to know that there was another person after her husband. "It's morphin' time, white ranger, power up!"
"Be ready for him to call me in. It is about to get really ugly out there," Kim said, as Alpha looked over at her in complete surprise. He just thought that Tommy would call in to tell them that Goldar was back, but she thought otherwise and she seemed to be confident in her thoughts.
Tommy had never been comfortable around Goldar, not after the multiple times that he had been turned evil by him and Kim would have his back out there in a way that the younger rangers would not. Her knowledge was what he wanted there with him and the younger rangers would soon know everything that Kim and Tommy did, but that still did not make him certain that they would be able to help him as much as she could. Kim and all of the other veteran rangers had spent years fighting against Goldar and this was why he needed their help during the final battle. Although they had not known that Lord Zedd and Rita had agreed to help Mesogogg until a few moments ago and it made him feel uneasy. What other secrets did they not know about?
"Dr. O, now isn't that just so cute. I just love your new nickname, makes you seem older. I can only guess that means you are weaker," Goldar said with an evil laugh as he looked at the white ranger who was certainly glaring him down behind his helmet. He knew how to push Tommy's buttons and he was going to try to do that in any way that he could.
"You don't know who you're dealing with Goldar. I'm not the same man I was ten years ago," Tommy said, as he knew that he had changed more than most people could imagine since he had graduated from high school.
He could still fight, but he no longer cared to be nice about it, although Kim still encouraged him to be nice as long as he could. They were going to leave them alone or they were going to be destroyed from the way that his mind was working. There were no more little peace treaties that would send them to other planets; he could not afford doing politically correct bull crap right now. If they did not defeat these monsters, then they might have to live with them for the rest of their life and they couldn't do that. They had other things that honestly should have taken priority to being out there fighting.
"So, you decided there would be no pink ranger to bring you bad luck this time? I'm surprised. It never seemed to stop you before now. Are your memories finally haunting you?" Goldar asked with a maniacal laugh.
Trent and the other rangers did a double take at hearing that one come from the creature's mouth. How did this creature know that Tommy had, had problems with a particular pink ranger in the past? They wouldn't have known that if Tommy and Kim had not told them and they were certain that no amount of research would actually tell anyone that about two rangers. He had to be a blast from the past, but if only they could figure out which time period that he was from. Tommy had been a ranger against so many things, that they were not sure if the pink ranger that the monster was talking about really was Kim.
"No, they actually bring me good luck now. You see, things have changed while you were gone. The pink rangers actually like me again," Tommy said, as he knew that he had won many more battles with a particular ranger by his side and he was going to bring her in, although he didn't really want to. He just knew that he had to do that. He knew that she was ready for all of this and it was time that Mesogogg knew that they had six fully prepared rangers, although he would not know about the other nine rangers until it was time for the last battle. That was when they would bombard Mesogogg with the forces they had and they could only hope that it would work to their advantage, if it didn't, they were going to be in deep trouble. They didn't have any other reserves to dig into and he might have unlimited reservess. "Pinkie, I could use some help out here."
"Alright," Kim's voice said over his communicator.
Goldar thought that the voice sounded vaguely familiar, although it had been years since he had been around the rangers and most of them were completely new to him, as their fighting styles were less honed than Tommy's. But he had been thrilled to hear that Tommy was still around, it made him want to come back even more. This was the one person that had always held him back from domination and now he was certain that he could defeat him, without his loyal legion of rangers.
He could see the smug actions in the white ranger's body language, as he waited for the pink ranger to teleport in and he prayed that she had morphed before she came. He did not want Goldar to know who she was right away, especially with a baby at home, waiting on them. Goldar was sure to know about Tommy being a father, but he might not know that Kim was the mother of the baby. Lord Zedd always did his research and he was sure that he knew that about Angie and Tommy could only pray he didn't know about Kim. He didn't want them going after her right away, it would just be too much for him to take.
"So, you're his pink ranger. Did he ever get over Kimberly or are you just another replacement?" Goldar asked menacingly, as Kim landed next to Tommy and he then dodged a blast from Goldar while Kim glared at him.
He was trying to play to the weaknesses that he had known about Tommy, but those weaknesses no longer existed, although there were some new weaknesses that he could exploit, but he did not know about them. Lord Zedd trusted Mesogogg to inform them of the issues that were going on with the rangers and he had chosen to not talk about Kim or Angie.
"Of course not. Why would he want to do that?" Kim asked with a grin under her helmet as Goldar looked over at her with a confused look spread upon his face, before he was hit by Tommy's own power blast.
Kim had always been a good distraction with Goldar, but they were both surprised that it still worked. Goldar didn't even know who she was, but she was sure that it would not stay that way for much longer. He would figure out who she was by the way she fought and use it to every possible advantage that he could find. She just hoped he didn't know too much about their life now, out side of their ranger work.
"Who is that?" Kira asked as she defeated a tryadrone and watched Kim and Tommy tag team against the gold, winged, demented, creature.
Tommy threw Goldar down before Kim blasted him with a weapon that they had never seen before. No one had seen Kim or Tommy be this aggressive in a very long time and their fellow rangers had no clue what had gotten into them, but Kim and Tommy knew things that they did not know. Lord Zedd and Rita had obviously been called in to help Mesogogg and that meant that all of the help that they had was going to come back to haunt the rangers now. Why hadn't they destroyed them when they had had the chance?
"I don't know, Kira, but we just better stick to the tryadrones like Dr. O said. I don't think he wants us to mess with whatever that is," Conner said, as he was nailed by a tryadrone before seeing Kim be thrown in the air, which he was sure made Dr. O mad. She couldn't take a lot of serious injuries yet and they all had been told to keep an eye on her by Dr. O. He, however, seemed ready to take care of it. "Oh boy."
"Are you alright?" Tommy asked as Kim fell to the ground next to him and scrambled back to her feet before she attacked Goldar again.
Tommy was surprised that Kim was able to fight at all, but it was definitely a pleasant surprise to see this type of reaction. If she had fainted because of the powers that were going on inside of her, he would have been slightly shocked, but this was just wonderful to see. She had proved that they had made the right choice to give her, her powers earlier than what the doctors would have liked and he was glad that Billy had been able to talk her into it now.
"I'm good," Kim said positioning herself behind him and looking over to see an invisaportal open, which could only mean one thing. Reinforcements were now coming in to help Goldar and the tryadrones.
But why in the world did Mesogogg have to send someone now? They were just getting an advantage over Goldar and now Mesogogg decided to bring in other people. He sure wanted to see what the rangers could deal with and he was going to be surprised when Kim and Tommy were able to break away from each other and handle the other problem. They knew that their jobs had been intensified, in the last several minutes and they had to step up.
"Lil' bit, I missed you. Seems that you have already started to shape back up since having that baby. I'm surprised that they even let you come out to play," Richard said, as Tommy looked between Kim and Richard before she started walking towards him.
She never wanted to see the man again or even hear two words he had to say to her and she planned on making that very clear to him right now. He had scared her when he came to her classroom a few weeks ago and she wanted to make him fear her wrath. She couldn't do anything then, she was pregnant with Angie and was not risking her, but now she had to make a point. She did not want things to get out of hand, because she knew that Tommy would step in and that would leave the younger rangers dealing with Zeltrax or Goldar.
"Kim, no," Tommy said, as she ignored his command and sent a fire bulb towards him being thoroughly pissed off about him showing up on the battle scene.
Tommy had hoped she would have left that weapon alone for just a little bit longer, as they did not want them to find some sort of protection against it, as it had always been a battle winner. She, however, felt that they would not find any sort of protection against it, as they had never been able to after all of the years that Tommy had used it. She also knew that Goldar would recognize that weapon, which might make him think that she was a little bit older than the rest of the rangers.
"I can take care of myself, Tommy. You focus on Goldar and I'll focus on Richard. We have to get the hell out of here soon," Kim said, as Richard stumbled to his feet and he could only imagine the anger that was floating around in her eyes behind her trademark pink helmet.
He had seen her when she was mad before and he knew that was how she felt right now without a single doubt in his mind. Mesogogg had sent him, in hopes to play around with Tommy's mind, although it seemed that he was just going to get himself hurt by doing what he asked. Mesogogg just wouldn't listen to what anyone told him to not do, even if it did wind up leaving him under manned.
"That's Kim?" Goldar asked as he had remembered a much more timid fighter that hid behind Jason and then Tommy which was a shame considering everything she had been able to do with the skills that they taught her. It was more of a show than anything else.
If she had not been as timid back then, he might not have been willing to come back against these rangers, although Lord Zedd and Rita only knew about Tommy being back for this team of rangers. He was going to have a lot to report back to them, as it seemed that they had gotten into this battle without knowing the full scale of everything that was going on and all of the rangers that they were going to have to deal with.
"You didn't know that?" Richard asked, as he had assumed Mesogogg had told everyone about the older rangers that were back on duty.
It now seemed that he had tricked them into coming back by using Tommy as a lure and left all of the other rangers out. He knew that Tommy was a wonderful lure to get help, but he also knew that the more experienced rangers struck fear in some of the monster's hearts. They knew things about the ranger that would make their skin crawl with chill bumps from fear and that was not something that they wanted to deal with.
"I only came back for him. I didn't know that she was part of the deal as well. You have taken on too many rangers for your own good," Goldar said, pointing at Tommy, as Tommy looked over at him and laughed. Goldar also knew that with Kim backing Tommy, his chances of defeating him had just lessened dramatically.
Some would have been scared by those words, but he knew exactly what Goldar meant and Goldar was just going to love seeing Jason come back into the battle. The two of them would fight so much that none of the others would have to worry about dealing with Goldar. They loathed each other and it was only a matter of time before they saw each other again. Tommy just knew that he was going to have to give Jason some sort of warning about the fact that Goldar had resurfaced as a resident evil that they were going to have to deal with, for the time being.
"I didn't know that you had a thing for him. Maybe you were looking for a reason to get to see him in spandex again," Kim said with a snicker in her voice, as the dino rangers looked at her and laughed at hearing that. It was funny that she was a mother, but she could still spit out lines like that and get away with it. They were sure that if the monster could have blushed that he would have, but since he couldn't he settled for a disgruntled look.
"Well, pinkie, I wasn't sure that you did anymore either. You did dump him for another guy or have you forgotten that piece of information?" Goldar asked, as Tommy headed towards Goldar with Kim being restrained by Trent and Conner, who were surprised that it took both of them to do so.
They knew that she was strong, but the little woman was pulling them harder than they had ever had anyone else do, even Dr. O when they had, had to restrain him a couple of times. They could tell that Goldar had stepped on some sort of nerve. They knew that she was pissed now and would do anything to get to Goldar, if only they would let her, but one look at Tommy told them to not let her go. He was going to take care of this.
Saba was at Tommy's side and he watched as Goldar recognized the sword that Tommy was holding. Tommy had dealt him enough damage with that sword, and Goldar knew what it could do to him and he did not want to have to deal with it today. He was not sure that he was prepared to deal with it today and he could only imagine what would happen to him if they let the pink ranger loose.
"He is still here? What the hell is going on here?" Goldar asked as he saw the sword and heard some of the younger rangers let out odd squeals when they saw Saba. It was odd to see it, but that worked differently for them. They just had never seen a sword like that before and they had no clue what it did or where it had come from.
"Yes, you thought he would just ditch me," Saba said to Goldar as Kira's eyes widened under her helmet and she could only wonder what else that sword possessed, besides the fact that it talked.
"He's a nice addition to the group," Tommy said, as Goldar teleported out of the battle. Rita and Zedd were not going to like this, but they needed to know the truth as Mesogogg had left out some essential details about what and whom they were going to have to deal with while fighting.
"We'll be back," Richard said as he quickly left, knowing he was truly alone and they would do harm to him if they got the chance. He did not want to risk that right away and he was sure that Mesogogg was not going to be very pleased with them. They had done nothing but get their butts beat and that was not what he had hoped would happen after so much promise in their first full scale battle.
"How did the two of you do that?" Kira asked as they walked over to where Kim and Tommy stood. Experience was not it, it seemed to be something else, something that they could not find a way to comprehend unless they were Kim and Tommy.
"I don't know, in a zone, I guess," Kim responded as that was what they had always said to the others when they asked why there were able to work together so well and Jason soon understood after he had the same thing happen in some battles. When they got into that zone, there was nothing that could distract them, except a major explosion or some other type of damage and even that didn't do the trick some times. They just concentrated on fighting and that took all of their energy, it just seemed as if instinct took over in ways that no one else would believe.
"How can you be in a zone? You're fighting some new monster that we have never seen before. That was just crazy," Conner said as Tommy and Kim exchanged a glance behind their helmets before they tried to figure out how to explain who Goldar was and where he came from. It was not exactly easy to admit that they had not totally obliterated every monster that they had come across and now these rangers were getting to meet their old enemy, at a rather shitty time.
"We need to go back to the command center before we can try to explain that one to you," Tommy said, as he looked around to see if there was anyone who might try to tape the rangers teleporting away from a battle and then he left, knowing that they would soon follow.
"Tommy, Zedd and Rita are back," Alpha said, as Tommy nodded his head, after de-morphing and he pulled at a few strands of his hair before looking over at Kim who understood all of it.
They didn't want to have to tell their friends about all of this, as they would not like it, but they had no choice. They had to be prepared for what was to come and he knew that they would not want to see these people again; he didn't want to have to see them again. It didn't seem normal and it even seemed low, for the evils that they had fought. It was going to be enough to deal with going up against the people that worked for Mesogogg and now they had to worry about Lord Zedd again. It just seemed as if things were starting to be stacked up against them now.
"I'm afraid so and I personally think that Zedd came back to defeat the me, but they didn't know that it wasn't just me. They didn't know about Kim at all, which surprises me. They were tricked into this mission, if I'm right about my thoughts. Zedd will be happier if he thinks that he will have the chance to defeat more rangers that they started going after and it is going to make him fight harder," Tommy said, as Kim nodded her head, while the dino rangers stared at them, wondering what they were talking about. They all seemed to understand what was going on, so why were they left out in the cold about who these people were?
"Who are Rita and Zedd and why are you talking about them like they are family friends that turned out bad?" Kira asked, as Tommy gave her a sympathetic look and then turned to Kim. She was the one that might explain it the best to them without becoming mad about all of it. He could not, as he had been controlled by Rita at one time and speaking the woman's name just made his blood boil most days and this was one of those days. He didn't have the control he needed to explain it and he was sure that she knew it as well.
"Kim, you want to try explaining this one?" Tommy asked, as she nodded her head and then walked over to Tommy's computer.
She knew Tommy had pictures of their old enemies on there somewhere, but she had to explain to them who they were and what they had to do with them now. It didn't matter that they had been powerful years ago, from what she had seen, they had gained more powers since they had left the Earth. That worried her, but she did not plan to tell them that tidbit of information, as these kids were going to be bombarded by all of this information anyway. They just needed to know that basics and they could find out the specifics after the shock had worn off.
"Okay, here are some pictures of Rita Replusa, Lord Zedd, and their cohorts," Kim said pointing to them and then tried to begin with her explanation. It was going to be hard to get them to understand, but hopefully they would get the general idea of what these creatures had done to them and then they would learn more about them as they fought them, although they didn't want them to be the ones to do that. "These are the people that we fought when we first became rangers. They were forced to leave the Earth before the Zeo Rangers came into power, although they have re-emerged multiple times to challenge the rangers. The problem is that they were never completely defeated by any group of rangers. Goldar, the one you saw today, is like your Zeltrax, he's their right hand man, and they go to him for most of the tough jobs. He loves to pick on us, especially Tommy and Jason, which will cause some odd things to happen when he sees the two of them. He will not be as hard as you think; we'll take care of him. He's our problem, not yours, but if he comes after you, you have to fight. We can not afford to have you back away from him or he will begin going after you as well."
"So these are some of your old enemies?" Ethan asked as Tommy nodded his head yes and then walked over to see how bad a bruise on Kim's shoulder was, as it peeked out from under the straps of her shirt. It made him worry to see how bad it was and to see it was even there, but he had seen much worse on her before from having to deal with Goldar. He just hoped that nothing else would be this bad for quite awhile. She might not be hurting from the injury right now, but she could be tomorrow morning and he didn't like dealing with that. "Why are they after you now?"
"We don't know, but it could be worse than this. Actually, it has been worse than this in the past," Tommy said, as he was glad that the younger rangers were not having to deal with them directly.
It was far too much to have to deal with four of them and he was fairly certain they would not be able to take learning much more about them today. Kim and Tommy both couldn't shake the feeling of some of the things that had happened at the end of Lord Zedd's reign and they just prayed that it did not do anything to them again.
"How could it possibly be any worse?" Conner asked, as Kim looked over at Tommy and hoped that he would give into her pleading eyes and tell them what Goldar had done in the past to him. She did not want to explain it to them, but she knew that he could at least give them a look into their past and warn them about what could happen to them if they were not careful around these creatures.
"He could have tried to make one of us evil. He managed to do that several times to me and even some of the other rangers. If he had done that today, then this place would have been destroyed and all of you would be in danger. We do not need something like that to happen right now. We all need to keep a watch out for it," Tommy said, grimly, although he was very uncomfortable admitting how easy it was for them to be turned evil by these creatures. It seemed that they would be able to fight it, but their powers gave them no protection when these creatures tried to turn them evil.
"Well, let's just be glad that didn't happen," Alpha said, as they turned to see that the robot had pulled up all of the information that he had on Lord Zedd and Rita. He seemed to hold the same feeling that Kim and Tommy did about this evil and they had the feeling that they did not want to deal with it now, but they were being forced to do that. "Tommy, I suggest that you and Kim go on upstairs and see how things are going with Hayley and Angie. I can finish explaining all of this to them."
"Alright," Kim said, forcing herself to stand up from her chair and walk up the stairs. Hayley had taken Angie up there while the battle was going on, as the sound in the command center became deafening when the battle hit certain points.
She did not want to wake the sleeping baby and she hoped that Kim and Tommy would understand her reasoning. It was not as safe upstairs, but it was quiet and that was what was more important, as they all did not want her first memory to be of seeing a monster in the command center, although it did seem to be most fitting for her. Her parents were rangers and it always seemed that that would follow them and their family for the rest of their lives.
"Alpha, what else are they not telling us?" Ethan asked as soon as they heard the trapdoor close. They knew that their mentors had decided to hold something back but none of them knew what it was and they were not sure that they wanted to know the truth about it.
"Lord Zedd and Rita Replusa were once two of the most feared villains on the face of the Earth, but they were banished by a group of teens, years before there were Power Rangers on this Earth. Then Zordon and I came here, to prevent them from ever completely ruling Earth again. We went several centuries without anyone discovering where Lord Zedd and Rita had respectively been sent. Rita was released first and that was when we called on the very first rangers. As everything progressed further, we eventually needed another ranger and that was when Tommy came into the picture. They had a lot of stress on their shoulders and when Kim left, she felt more stress about what she was leaving behind than what she was going to. Zordon blames the stress that Lord Zedd had on them for their break up and many of the other rangers believed that once they heard it from Zordon, even Tommy did once he was able to get over the pain. Now that they are back, I am worried that things will be rough between them for a little while. They do not want history to repeat itself and they will do anything to keep that from happening," Alpha said as they looked at him and then sat down on the couch, not caring who they sat by. They had known about the break up, but now they weren't happy to hear about how stressful the fighting was against this evil that they had never seen before. It was going to be a completely new experience for them now and they had to admit that to themselves.
"I can't believe that," Kira said, as she grabbed Conner's hand and then realized that it wasn't Trent, but neither of them moved away from each other. They just felt as if they shouldn't do this, but Ethan and Trent only gave them an odd glance before letting themselves agree that this was indeed happening. Trent and Kira had decided to take a break a few days after Angie was born, things had been rocky for quite awhile between them, but neither had thought that they would be able to move on quickly, although Kira did not call this moving on in the least bit. Conner and she had become friends after they became rangers and it seemed as if they were still friends and only friends, except for a few changes that Ethan and Trent had noticed. They just wondered how long it would take Kira and Conner to notice it. "You don't think it will happen again, do you?"
"I don't know," Alpha said, honestly, as he teetered over to the computer to read out what things needed to be fixed on them.
He had already taken a good look at Kim and Tommy, but neither of them have anything that was seriously wrong with their powers. They could deal without some of their powers, as they truly did conserve their energy in every way that they could. They had long been preparing themselves for a battle that was going to take everything out of them and for now they just had to conserve all that they had within them, until the right time came.
"It's over?" Hayley asked, as Kim walked into the nursery and Tommy soon walked in behind her with a look of slight concern on his face.
Hayley could see the battle scars appearing on some areas of their bodies, but they did seem to be all right, for the most part. That was something that she was truly thankful for, as she knew that there was not much else that they could do about this situation. They had all wondered what Kim and Tommy would do when Mesogogg decided to come back, but all they knew for certain was that they were doing the best that they could and that was all they could ask from them, especially since they had a child.
"Yeah, and Lord Zedd and Rita have returned, too," Tommy said as Kim sat down in the rocking chair and started rocking back and forth, trying to calm herself down.
He was worried about them coming back because of what they did to them last time, but absolutely nothing was going to happen if he had it his way. He had too much to lose if he felt himself being pulled towards fighting and ignoring her, he loved her and he loved his child. He could not lose them to stupidity.
"Oh and that's not a good thing, is it?" Hayley asked, as she had gotten some information from Billy about the former evils that they had faced and the fact that some were still around, but she had never imagined that any would want to come back to fight them again. Most had willingly left after they were defeated, as they knew that it was only a matter of time before they were blasted into oblivion and that was something that they wanted to avoid.
"No, but we'll take care of it. This is no worse than Nicarni-Aso and I know that we will be able to figure out a way to fight both of them, somehow," Tommy said, as he noticed Kim was being very quiet about all of it and hoped that it was just because she was tired from the battle and not the fact that she was thinking about Zedd and Rita. Neither of them needed the added stress of knowing that they were back, but they especially didn't need it now. He would have rather them come back after Mesogogg was gone, but Mesogogg had decided to recruit helpers and there was nothing that they could do to change what he had done.
"Well, you can do whatever you have to. Billy had another job interview today and I'm meeting him after he gets done," Hayley said as Kim looked over at her and smiled, as she knew that Billy was desperately trying to do all of this.
He wanted to be with her, but it was so hard for him to just leave everything and pray that he would be able to find a job and a house in Reefside. That was not in his nature, he liked for things to be planned out and he did that as long as he was able to, although they were not sure how much longer he could stand the way that things were. It was just too hard on him and he felt that his own human limits were being tested in ways that he had never thought that they would be tested.
"Well, tell him I hope he gets the job. I guess we'll see you the next time that there's a battle," Kim said, as Hayley hurried out of the room and they heard her run down the stairs to go see Billy. They had all thought that Hayley would get increasingly worried as the battles became worse and it turned out that they were right, for once, about Hayley's mood swings. She was the most unpredictable out of all of them, but they were glad that they had finally been able to figure part of her out. "You want some supper?"
"Are you asking me or her?" Tommy asked, as Kim looked up at him and then proceeded to feed Angie while Tommy laid down on the floor and took a nap. He had, had to leave the dojo during the middle of a class to come help the rangers and he was sure that Rocky had been able to think up some sort of excuse, although he had been able to give him no warning this time. They had done enough lying in their life that they had things come across their minds at all times that they could use for times like this. He would just get his car tomorrow, as Kim needed to go into the dojo for a little while in the morning and it was on his way to school. He just hoped that no one asked how he got home without coming back to the dojo for his car. "Kim, I'm tired."
"Well, I guess she'll just stay with me then," Kim said, as she straightened back up from going to place Angie on his chest. She then turned to go towards the stairs and downstairs so that they would be able to have supper sometime tonight. He reached to grab her ankle to get her to turn around, but he accidentally tripped her instead, but she somehow managed to make herself fall backwards and landed on his lower stomach.
"Oh," Tommy groaned as he placed an arm around her to keep her from continuing backwards and she looked down at him with confusion in her eyes. Why had he tried to do that?
"Serves you right," Kim said, as Tommy continued to wince in pain.
"I didn't mean to trip you," Tommy said with a smile that came out as more of a grimace. He knew that he would never do that again, as he was paying for it dearly.
"You'll survive, now do you want me to take her downstairs or leave her with you?" Kim asked, as she stood up from her position and looked down at him.
"Leave her with me," Tommy said, as he sat up and Kim handed him Angie. "What do you have in mind?"
"Pizza, I don't really feel like cooking tonight," Kim said, as he gave her an odd look and then watched her walk out of the nursery, as calm as she could be. It had been one hell of a day to have her first battle after having Angie, but he knew that things were bound to be like this for a good while longer. They had duties to fulfill and their life, as they knew it, had come to a halt the day that they accepted this challenge.
AN: I know, it's not the best ending to a chapter, but I hope that you have enjoyed this chapter any ways. Until next time, happy reading!