Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm back with the next chapter and sadly, it isn't any happier for Katherine than the last. Hopefully you guys still wanna read it though because this is the beginning of the true depth of the story! Lol so, enough chit-chat, let's read!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers, its characters, or any of its series. I do not own the main idea of the story. The main idea is credited to the creators and writers of "Days of our Lives." Everything that I changed, any made up characters, and a majority of the lines belong to me!


Depression

"Here you are Ms. Hillard." A nurse said as she opened the door to a room. "Just go ahead and change into that nightgown that's draped on the back of that chair over there. Doctor Anita will be in shortly.

"Thanks." Katherine whispered as she left the room. Rocky helped Katherine over to the examination table. She thanked him as she sat down.

"How… are those pains?" he asked as he grabbed the night gown. Katherine took it from him and he turned around so she could change.

"Umm… they aren't as strong as before… they feel like really bad cramps. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

"The doctor will be able to tell you something." He said. "Now… do you want me to call Collin so he can go ahead and come up here?"

"No." she said quickly.

Rocky peeked over his shoulder to see if she was through changing. She had and was tossing her ruined pants and her shirt onto the chair.

"And why not?" he asked as he turned around. "Don't you want him here? He needs to know what's going on so he can be here for you."

"Well… I understand… it's just that… he's so busy with work and I don't want him to worry. This is his first time handling his father's business all on his own. He doesn't want to disappoint his dad."

"Kat… I understand that, but family should always come first before anything. Even work."

"Rocky… please don't call him…" Katherine begged as more tears welled up in her eyes. Rocky took a deep breath and nodded.

"Fine."

Katherine smiled gratefully as the door opened. A tanned-skin woman with long dark hair reaching her mid-back walked in with a smile. She was wearing a white doctor's coat with a gold name tag saying "Dr. Anita" on it.

"Hello." She greeted as she closed the door behind her. "I'm Dr. Anita. And you two must be the Katherine and Rocky."

"Hello." Rocky greeted as he shook her hand.

Dr. Anita smiled at Rocky before turning to Katherine. "Alright honey. Let's take a look and see what's going on here. Are you the father?" she asked turning back to Rocky.

"No." he said. "I'm just a friend."

"Okay then. I'm gonna have to ask you to step out of the room so we can give her a few tests."

Rocky nodded before walking to the door. He looked over his shoulder at Katherine who looked like a cat that had been thrown in a swimming pool. He smiled encouragingly at her before exiting the room.

Ten Minutes Later

Rocky looked up as Katherine's door opened. Dr. Anita stepped out of the room with a very concerned look on her face.

"Umm… Doctor Anita?" he called out to her as she stood up slowly. The doctor looked up as she acknowledged Rocky's presence. "Is… everything okay?"

Doctor Anita stared back at Rocky with an unsure look in her eyes. "No. Everything is not okay."

"The… her baby?"

"As of right now, we've got Katherine hooked up to a monitor so we can monitor the baby's heart beat. It's beating very fast."

"Well… it's beating. That's a good thing… right?"

She nodded. "Yes. But the way the heart's beating…it's very irregular… it can't beat like that forever. I'm afraid… that the results aren't looking to good for your friend right now."

Rocky felt his heart drop. Katherine was going to be devastated. "Can I see her?"

"Momentarily. I'll be back in a few moments to finish my observations."

Rocky nodded as he ran into Katherine's room. Kat was sitting upright in the bed staring at the door with a hazed-over sleepiness in her eyes. "Rocky?" she said.

Rocky smiled as he stepped into the room. The quick heartbeat the doctor had mentioned could be heard on the monitor. The doctor was right. It was beating irregularly. Katherine had her hands placed securely on her stomach as the heartbeat continued to sound through the monitor.

"Kat… I'm gonna go ahead and give Collin a call. He needs to know what's happening."

"The nurse already tried." She said sadly. "He didn't answer." Rocky frowned as he walked over to her and grabbed her hand.

"I'm so sorry. If only I'd gotten to you sooner… things wouldn't have gotten as bad as they did."

"Hey." She said placing her other hand on top of his. "You came. That's all that matters. I don't blame you at all. I blame myself. I was so stupid telling Collin that I didn't want to be picked up. And then, I allowed myself to get so worked up when he told me he wasn't coming… I think the disappointment and the stress got to me."

Rocky shrugged. "Who knows? So… did Doctor Anita tell you what's going on?"

Katherine nodded as a tear trickled down her cheek. "Yeah. My baby's heartbeat is irregular… but hey… at least it's beating. That's gotta be a good sign right?"

Rocky nodded. "Yeah."

Suddenly, the machine that was monitoring the heartbeat began beeping in an alarm sort of way. Katherine's eyes widened as she stared at the machine. "W-what's going on?" she stammered. "Where's my baby's heartbeat? Where's the heartbeat!"

Rocky let go of Katherine's hand and ran to pull the door open. "Nurse! Somebody! Dr. Anita!" he screamed into the hallway. "We need help in here, quick!"

Dr. Anita and two nurses appeared seconds later as Rocky ran back to Katherine to try and calm her.

"Where's the heartbeat!" Katherine shouted again, going into hysterics.

Rocky and one of the nurses tried to calm Katherine down as the other nurse and Dr. Anita began working on the machine. They looked up as Katherine let out an outcry of pain.

"What's happening?" Rocky asked as the nurse backed him away from Katherine.

"It's what I feared." Dr. Anita said sadly as the nurse beside her ran from the room.

"What?" Rocky asked as he stared back at Katherine.

"She's gone into premature labor."

"What!" Katherine and Rocky shouted at the same time.

"No!" Katherine wailed. "I can't be. You have to stop it somehow! I'm only three months pregnant, there's no way my baby will-ow-how-how!"

"You said she was bleeding back at the lodge?" Dr. Anita asked as the other nurse ran back in with surgical caps, gowns, and gloves.

Rocky nodded.

"Well, that's the first sign. The bleeding was caused by a deteriorating of the placenta. The pain she's been experiencing has been the contractions. The labor had to have been caused by a rise in blood pressure."

"I knew it." Katherine said as she glared up at the ceiling. "It was my fault. I just had to get all worked up about Collin not making it."

"Kat…" Rocky said sadly.

"What can I do?" she asked as her eyes moved back to Dr. Anita. "I will do anything… and everything to stop this from happening. Just… tell me what."

"Well, we're going to give you an I.V. with a special drug that will help to try and stop your contractions, but I have to warn you, there are side effects."

"Just do what you have to." She said. "Do everything you can to save my baby."

The nurses looked at Dr. Anita for instructions. "Let her have it." She concluded as she and the nurses prepared for the procedure.

"Dr. Anita…?" Katherine said. "My baby will die if I give birth to it now… won't it…"

Dr. Anita sighed. "At this stage of your pregnancy… yes… The fetus cannot survive outside of your womb at this time."

"What if… I were to make a choice between me living and my baby living…?"

"Katherine… if only sweet heart… if only…"

Katherine buried her face in her right hand as one of the nurses cleaned her left arm to prepare for the I.V. Dr. Anita left the room, clipboard in hand.

"This can't be happening…" she whispered. "This can't be happening… I'm asleep. That's it. I'm asleep, and when I wake up, I'm gonna be laying in the king sized bed back in the mountain lodge and none of this ever happened."

"Kat." Rocky said.

"This is all a dream." She said as she closed her eyes. "This is a dream it has to be. Why can't I wake up!"

"Kat… It's not a dream…"

Katherine's eyes shot open. "I know it's not… because if it was, I could stop these damned contractions!"

"Katherine!" Rocky shouted as he grabbed onto her hand. "Listen… I know how much this baby means to you. I really do. You've always wanted a baby. I remember you telling me that when we first started seeing each other. But listen to me… the best thing you can do for your baby right now is breathe. Calm yourself and breathe…"

Katherine nodded as Rocky imitated breathing for her to copy. The nurse smiled at him gratefully as she inserted the I.V. to begin pumping the drug into her system.

"Okay. We'll be right back. We need to go prepare another room, just in case."

Rocky nodded understandingly as the two nurses left the room. He sighed as he grabbed the swivel chair and pulled it up to the side of the examination table so he could sit beside her.

"Are you feeling any calmer?" he asked quietly. Katherine nodded as she looked over at him.

"Yeah." She said in a voice just as quiet. "The pain's still there… just not as strong."

"Good." He said. "Say… why don't we talk about something that'll make you a little happier huh?"

Katherine smiled. "Okay."

"Well…?" Rocky asked with a smile.

Katherine began looking around the room as she searched her mind for a thought. No matter how hard she tried, her thoughts always turned to the baby. "I can't stop thinking about my baby." She said sadly.

"Okay… then… let's talk about something happy about your baby."

Katherine smiled. "I think it's a girl."

"How do you know?"

"Rocky, the mother always knows." Rocky smiled.

"Any names yet?"

Katherine shook her head. "No. I was gonna wait a few more months to think of names. I wanted to give the name thinking procedure plenty of thought. This baby is a special baby so it needs a special name."

"Right." He grinned.

"I was so excited when I found out. And I was even more excited when Collin was excited about it."

Rocky nodded. "That's good."

"Yeah… I mean… I know that this baby was conceived during something wrong… but… in the end... this baby made everything a right. I'm gonna have my own little… family…"

Rocky stared at Katherine in worry as her head slowly began to sway.

"Kat?" he asked as he stood up. "Katherine?"

Rocky's eyes widened as that all too familiar beeping sound filled the room again. Katherine's head fell back against the elevated seat cushion and rolled to rest on her left shoulder. Her hand fell limp beside Rocky.

Dr. Anita and the two nurses rushed back into the room.

"What's happening?" Rocky asked.

"Her blood pressure is so high right now. You've been keeping her calm right?"

"Of course I have! Maybe it's that damned drug you've given her!"

The doctor sighed. "We need to stop these contractions. Up the dosage."

"Wait a second, is that even safe!"

"Listen," Dr. Anita said. "I'm gonna need for you to step out into the hall. And I suggest… you get a hold of this baby's father."

Rocky stared back at Katherine's unconscious form before quickly exiting the room. After five minutes, he heard Katherine screaming in pain again. A nurse emerged from the room a few minutes later, Katherine's cries echoed behind her.

"She's wants to call the father." She said.

"I've tried eight times since I've been out here." Rocky said. "He won't pick up. I don't know if he left his phone at home or if he's asleep, he just won't answer. Maybe if I try her cell phone"

Rocky stopped speaking as Katherine cried out in pain again.

"What's happening?"

The nurse sighed as she looked over her shoulder. She then looked back at Rocky. "We can't stop the contractions. She's gonna have to deliver."

"Then… that means…"

The nurse nodded sadly as she and Rocky looked into the room.

"Oh no…" he said feeling tears in his eyes.

Three Hours Later

"Katherine?" a voice called out. "Katherine? Honey wake up."

Katherine groaned as her eyes tried to focus in around her. What was going on?

When her eyes finally adjusted, Katherine realized that she was still in that damned hospital room. Dr. Anita was staring at her with a smile on her face.

"There she is. She's finally come to."

Katherine groaned again as her eyes finally finished focusing. She gasped as she stared at the doorway. One of the nurses who had been helping earlier was holding the cutest little baby girl she'd ever seen within her arms. She had rosy cheeks and she was bundled up tightly in a pink blanket.

"Okay little one." The nurse cooed to the baby in her arms. "Say hello to mommy!"

Katherine gasped with tear-filled eyes as the nurse brought the baby over to her and placed her gently in her arms. Katherine was overjoyed at the sight of the little girl. She looked exactly like her with a hint of her father in her. She was beautiful with ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes. She was perfect. Katherine pushed her small pink hat up and giggled when a few brown hairs poked out.

"She's beautiful…" she whispered in admiration. "My baby girl… she's the most precious… the most beautiful… the most remarkable, perfect little baby girl I have ever seen…"

Dr. Anita and the nurse smiled at Katherine as she cooed at the little girl.

"You are so precious. And I love you."

The baby made small grunting sounds back at her mother making everyone in the room laugh. "I guess that means I love you in baby talk." Katherine joked. "Aww… my princess."

Hallway

Rocky looked up as Dr. Anita emerged from Katherine's room. He jumped to his feet immediately.

"How is she?" he asked.

Dr. Anita wrapped her stethoscope around her neck as she sighed. "She's fine."

"And her baby?"

Dr. Anita turned and stared at Rocky with heavy, sad eyes. "The baby didn't make it…"

Rocky stared back at the room. He couldn't believe this. Katherine… she had wanted to have a baby for so long… and now… her one little miracle… was whisked away in the blink of an eye.

"I… should probably try and call Collin and let him know… but… how do you tell someone something like this…?"

Dr. Anita placed a hand on his shoulder. "Sometimes… it's a lot easier to hear it from a friend than from a complete stranger. Are… you and Katherine close?"

Rock let out a sad laugh to suppress his tears. "We used to be…"

"Well… she doesn't know what's happened yet… after… we delivered the baby… she kept mumbling things like "thank you" and "my precious little angel" and things like that. The drugs we gave her are wearing off, but they've still got a hold on her."

Rocky nodded. "So… was it a girl?"

Dr. Anita nodded. "Yep…"

"I'll tell her." He concluded as he walked past her and into the room.

Katherine was sitting upright on the bed fighting her way back into consciousness. The nurses were monitoring the machines in the room while trying to ensure that she was okay coming out of her sleep. Rocky smiled sadly at her as he grabbed the swivel chair again and sat down beside her. The nurses smiled sadly at him before exiting the room and closing the door behind them. Katherine took a deep breath as her head rolled over to face him. She smiled weakly.

"Rocky…" she said tiredly. "I… had the baby."

Rocky stared at her as she struggled to speak to him. "I had the baby… and right afterwards… I fell asleep… I was dreaming… wasn't I? My baby hasn't been born has she?"

Rocky shook his head as he braced himself.

"Then… why did the nurses leave? Where's Dr. Anita?"

"Kat… Kat…" Rocky said trying to calm her down. "Your baby… your baby didn't make it…"

Katherine felt her heart drop from her chest. The walls in the room seemed to explode into a shroud of darkness all around her. There was nothing but her, the bed she was laying on, the heart monitor she'd been listening to moments before, and Rocky. All of that darkness began screaming at her "your baby's dead." Katherine suddenly lost it. She screamed out in pain that hurt far worse than the contractions back at the lodge. This pain was so strong that it hurt to breathe, it blocked her ability to think, and she felt like she was dying.

Rocky grabbed onto to Katherine as her body slowly began to crumple along with her spirit. He hugged her close to him and shed silent tears as she cried in grief and loss.

Later On

Katherine's cries had silenced. There were no more tears left to shed. She sat in her bed still as a statue as her hand stroked across her stomach where she wished more than anything that her baby could still be. Rocky's hand rested on her leg as he stared at her trying to figure out what was going through her head.

"I'm… gonna go get the doctor." He said standing up.

"Rocky." She said quietly.

"Yeah?"

"My baby… was it a boy… or a girl…?"

Rocky smiled. "It was a little girl."

Katherine nodded as she took a deep breath. "I thought so."

Rocky smiled at her one more time before heading out into the hallway.

Katherine sighed. "It's not fair…" she whispered. "It's not fair! I would've done anything to save my baby and she still…"

Katherine growled as tears she thought she didn't have burned at the corners of her eyes. Her eyes darted up quickly as Rocky came back in with one of the nurses. The nurse held a pink cup in her hand and a smaller white cup in her other.

"Here you are." She said handing them to Katherine. "Take these for the pain. And when you get home, make sure you schedule an appointment with your gynecologist. Oh, and don't worry. Dr. Anita and I did a quick check up. There doesn't appear to be any serious damage, so you shouldn't have a problem with another conception."

Rocky stared at Katherine's who's expression fell even more. The nurse left the room as Katherine quickly downed the pills and water.

"Who is she trying to fool." She said as she crushed the empty cups in her hands. "She was just being nice. She has no idea that this baby… that my little girl… was a miracle baby. I can't have any more kids… this was a onetime thing… and now… it's ruined…"

Katherine burst into tears again as Rocky gave her another comforting hug.

One Hour Later

Katherine had changed into a loose fitting maternity shirt and a new pair of pants that Rocky had grabbed from her suitcase back at the lodge. She sat on the edge of the bed as her hand continued to run across her empty belly. Rocky walked in a few minutes later carrying her suitcase from the lodge.

"Well, you're all checked out, and I got a hold of your driver and told him that you're staying with Tanya tonight."

"What am I gonna do?" she said. "How am I supposed to tell Collin about this? And Jacob… he was so excited to be having a new sibling…"

Katherine and Rocky jumped as the sound of Katherine's ringtone emerged from the suitcase. Rocky bent over and pulled it out. He stared at the caller I.D. and his eyes widened.

"It's Collin…" he said.

Katherine's eyes widened as well as she held her hand out to take the phone from him. Rocky placed it in her hand.

"I can talk to him if you want me to." He suggested.

"No!" Katherine snapped. "Listen… I don't want you to say a word to anyone about me losing this baby. As for Collin… I don't wanna tell him over the phone. I have to tell him in person…"

Rocky nodded as Katherine sent the phone to voicemail. She looked at the time on her phone. It was almost two-thirty in the morning. He must've just gotten done with half his work and had noticed the amount of missed calls he had from her and Rocky.

"Maybe you should call him Katherine." Rocky said. "He's probably worried sick."

"I'll call him in the morning." She said pushing herself onto her feet. "Can we just get out of here?"

Rocky nodded as he pulled the handle up on her suitcase. Wrapping her arm around him for support, Katherine and Rocky made their way out of the hospital and away from the horrid memories of the night.


Author's Note: And so ends another chapter. This chapter, once again, brought back memories from when I watched the show. Arianna Zucker did such a good job acting this scene out. I could really feel the pain of her character when watching it. This chapter, in general, was very touching. It showed how caring Rocky is and how hard it can be to lose a child. So what happens next? You'll have to leave me a review and wait for the next update to find out!