Author's Note: Hey guys! It's time for the next chapter! Now, this chapter isn't very happy either. I mean, come on, Katherine just lost her baby. Not a very happy thing to go through. As for Tommy and Kimberly, they'll be mentioned in this chapter but things aren't depressing on their end lol So, enough chit chat, it's time for you all to read!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers, any of it series, or its characters. The main idea for the plot of this story came from a storyline I watched on "Days of our Lives" so the credit for the idea and baby scenes goes to the writer and creator of "Days of our Lives." Things I actually own are made up characters like the nuns, Helga, Collin, Dr. Anita, Zeke and a huge chunk of the plot like the words, the settings, and all changed scenes.


Pretending

It was the day after Katherine had lost her baby. Her spirits were heavy and low and there was no bringing them back up. Tanya had tried to cheer her up the night before, but her efforts were meaningless. Just like Rocky had promised, he didn't tell Tanya that Kat had lost her baby. Tanya just knew that Katherine had had a scare and had to go to the hospital. Knowing how much the baby meant to her, Tanya just assumed that she was still terrified. She did everything she could to make her feel better. Around four that morning, she'd finally gotten Katherine to sleep.

Rocky showed up the next morning around eleven. He'd carried Katherine out to the car and drove her home. After ten minutes of driving up to the Ignalis mansion, he'd reached his destination and cut the engine off. He glanced over his shoulder to where Collin's car was.

"Are you sure you don't want me to tell him?" he asked, gripping her hand tightly. Katherine nodded as she pushed the door open.

"I'll tell him myself. I have to be the one to do it."

"Okay." He said.

The front door to the mansion swung open revealing Ignacio, the chauffer from the day before. He walked up to Rocky's trunk and grabbed Katherine's things to take inside.

"Thanks Rocky." She said kissing him on the cheek. "Thanks for everything you did last night, even if it was for a lost cause."

"Hey…" he said. "Don't worry about it. I didn't mind at all. I just wish you could've got better news."

Katherine nodded. "Well… I'll see you later."

"Good luck." Rocky called out a she closed the door. Katherine nodded slowly and followed Ignacio up the steps. She glanced over her shoulder quickly as Rocky's car disappeared from the driveway. She then walked into the mansion.

Twenty minutes later, Katherine had changed into a loose fitting night gown. She looked a wreck. Her hair was all over the place and her eyes were puffy and swollen from all the crying she'd been doing. She walked over to the king-sized bed slowly and crawled in. Today was gonna be one of those days she wasn't going to leave her room, and she knew it. Just as she prepared to lie down, Coleen appeared in the doorway with an armful of towels.

"Get out!" Katherine screamed.

Coleen stared at her in shock before running out of the room. Katherine's body began wracking with sobs as she curled up in a ball and cried her eyes out.

Safe House

Kimberly sighed as she flipped through the channels on the TV. Just like the day before, nothing was on. She looked over at the couch and smiled at Tommy. He was still asleep.

"He's sleeping longer than I usually do." She laughed. "He must be wiped."

Kimberly jumped as the phone on the nightstand table started to ring. She picked it up quickly to silence its ringer. She didn't want to wake Tommy.

"Hello?" she said quietly.

"Hello Kimberly." A happy voice greeted her on the other side. "This is Sister Teresa."

"The nun I met when I first arrived here."

"That would be me." Sister Teresa laughed. "Look, I was calling to check in on you. How are things going with you and your new bodyguard?"

Kimberly glanced over at Tommy who didn't appear to be affected at all by the phone call. "Things are good. They were a little rocky at the start, but they're getting better."

"Great! Well, I was just phoning you to tell you a little bit about our counseling service we have here at the cathedral. If you need to talk about anything or if you need to tell me anything, I'm always here. You can call me anytime you'd like, or you can come to see me."

"Wait a sec… you mean I can leave the safe house?"

"Well, kind of. You can leave your room to come to another room in the church. That's as far as you can go though."

Kimberly nodded. "Okay. Well, can I come and see you today? I've gotta get out of this room and I think there's a few things I need to get off my chest."

"But of course dear. Just make sure you inform your bodyguard."

"Wait a second… he doesn't have to be there for these sessions right?"

"Well, he has to escort you here but no. He can't listen in on conversations. I'm all about confidentiality."

"Okay. I'll let him know and I'll be down at the convent in ten minutes."

"I'll be waiting. Goodbye."

"Bye."

Kimberly hung up the phone quickly as anxiousness built in her chest. She was finally able to leave the safe house even if she was just traveling to another room. Hopping out of bed, she quietly tiptoed over to the dresser and threw on a pair of clothes and put her hair in a messy ponytail. After admiring her reflection in the mirror, she turned around and faced Tommy. Tommy still hadn't moved an inch. He was out cold.

"Well… I'll only be gone for a little while." Kimberly tiptoed into the kitchen and grabbed a pen and a sticky note from one of the drawers. "Be back soon." She said as she wrote it on the note and wrote her name on the bottom. After looking over her shoulder one more time, Kimberly undid the locks on the door and stepped into the hallway as she began her walk to the cathedral.

Ignalis Mansion

Katherine opened her eyes weakly as a knock sounded at the door. "Go away." She said to whoever was responsible. As she curled up smaller in her blankets, the door opened revealing Collin carrying Jacob. The sight of Collin holding the child brought tears to Katherine's eyes. Her baby was never going to get that big. Collin was never going to hold their daughter. Their daughter was never going to learn to walk or talk, lose her first tooth, grow up to be a beautiful young woman. Her daughter was gone and the thought of seeing Jacob made her envy Kimberly. Kimberly got to hold what meant the entire world to Katherine. She had her baby and she had none.

"Sweetheart?" Collin called out to her gently. "What's the matter? Why are you looking at Jake like that?"

"Isn't it his nap time." She said.

Collin nodded. "Yes, that's right. I'm gonna go put him down and then I'll be back."

Katherine nodded as he disappeared down. She felt tears spring to her eyes as the sounds of Collin singing a lullaby emerged from Jacob's room across the hall. There was another thing her baby wasn't gonna have. A daddy that loved her so much that he'd sing her or read her to sleep, carry her on his shoulders at the fair, or fight away the monsters she'd see in her closet. Her hatred and envy of Kimberly grew deeper because she was going to be able to experience those things and she couldn't. Damn. She hated her so much that it was causing her blood to boil.

Katherine rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling teary-eyed as she stroked her empty stomach. Her eyes moved to the doorway when she heard it shut. Collin walked into the room and sat at the foot of the bed as she covered herself with a throw blanket to hide her missing bump.

"Sweetheart, Coleen told me that you were rather upset earlier. Is everything alright?"

Katherine sighed. "No Collin. Everything is not alright."

"Then why don't you tell me what's going on?"

Katherine pushed herself upright into a sitting position and she sighed. "I don't know where to begin." She said sadly

"Well, why don't you start with the name of the man you were with at the lodge?"

"Huh?" she asked surprised. "What do you mean?"

"I called you around two this morning. I'd been working late and when I got a hold of my cell phone I saw that I had several missed calls from you and an unknown number. I tried calling them both, but I got no answer, so I called the lodge and the guy at the front desk said you left with some guy in his car. Now, I'd like to know who that man was."

Katherine bit her lip. She couldn't tell him it was Rocky. That would automatically make him assume things that weren't true. Katherine stared at him cautiously. "Isn't the reason why I left with that man more important than who he was?"

Collin stared at her. "What happened then?"

Katherine cleared her throat free of tears before taking a deep breath. "Well… right after you called to tell me you couldn't make it, I went to take a seat on the couch. I'll admit that I was a little upset that you couldn't make it, but I understood. You had to work and that was a priority that you had to take care of."

"Kat, what happened?"

"A few minutes after the phone call, I felt… a strange pain in my stomach."

Collin's eyes widened in concern. "Our baby?"

Katherine nodded. "Yeah. Something was wrong and I didn't know what to do. That's why I called you the first couple of times."

"Oh honey, I'm so sorry. I should've answered."

Katherine blinked back a few tears as she nodded. "It's okay. Anyways, I got scared, so I packed my things and headed out to the parking lot. I ran into a man outside and he saw that I was in pain, so he drove me to the hospital."

"The hospital?"

Katherine nodded. "Yeah…"

"So… what happened?"

Katherine closed her eyes. "I saw Dr. Anita… and…" Katherine couldn't tell him. She chickened out. "She treated me… for a small hemorrhage."

Relief washed over Collin's face at the news. Reaching for her stomach, he said, "Katherine. You have no idea what I thought you were trying to tell me."

"Don't touch me!" she snapped. Collin looked at her in surprise. "I-I'm sorry…" she stammered. "It's just that… I can't be touched or moved right now. The doctor ordered a day of bed rest."

Collin's lips formed the word "oh" as he nodded. "Right. I'm sorry darling."

"It's okay… you didn't know."

"So… the baby's fine then?"

Katherine nodded as guilt washed over her. She couldn't believe she was lying to him like this. But what else could she do? Telling him would devastate him almost as much as it devastated her and she didn't want that to happen.

"Thank God for that." He said smiling. "Well, I'm gonna go ahead and let you get some rest then."

Katherine nodded. "Thank you. And… don't worry. I'll be up and about tomorrow. It'll be like nothing ever happened."

Collin smiled again before placing a quick peck on her cheek. As he left the room, Katherine's guilt grew heavier. She'd lied about something so serious and she knew the results weren't going to be good.

Church

Kimberly smiled as she emerged from the second set of stairs and entered the long hallway she'd come through weeks before. She smiled as she saw Sister Teresa standing in the middle of the hallway.

"Where's Tommy?" she asked Kimberly as she looked over her shoulder.

"Oh, he was sleeping, so I left him a note to let him know that I'd be back."

Sister Teresa nodded as she motioned toward a door to their left. "My office is right in there." She said with a smile. "Follow me."

Kimberly nodded as she followed the woman through the wooden door. Sister Teresa's office was paneled brown with red carpets. There was a giant oak desk with various supplies on them and two lounge chairs in front of them. There was a statue of Mary on a book shelf behind the desk. There was also a dresser and a bed.

"Take a seat dear." Sister Teresa said taking a seat in one of the lounge chairs. Kimberly nodded and sat in the one beside her.

"So… where do you wanna start?"

Kimberly took a deep breath as she rubbed her stomach. "With this."

Sister Teresa's eyes widened. "Oh my! You're carrying a child?"

Kimberly nodded. "Yes. And my life has been so complicated ever since I found out."

"Does Tommy know about your predicament?"

Kimberly nodded as she pulled a strand of hair behind her hair. "Yes. He found out a few days ago, and let's just say, he wasn't too happy when he found out. Apparently, me being pregnant is a big deal and it could change everything about the way my case is being handled."

"Well, Tommy's commanding officer doesn't know, otherwise you'd no longer be staying here. Do you want to tell me why that is?"

"Well… I kind of… convinced Tommy not to tell… for both mine and the baby's sake. You see… the father of my child… he and I broke up after I found out that he was going to be having a baby with another woman… I didn't want to have another child with someone so unfaithful and untrustworthy… but those aren't the only reasons why I'm keeping this whole situation a secret… If you've ever heard of the infamous Ignalis family, then you'll know how mean and ruthless they are… and my precious little baby… is their grandchild… and I don't want it to grow up like my son Jacob, exposed to violence and hatred. This baby… is different and special and it needs to stay safe. That's what I told Tommy and he finally came to agreement that my baby should be kept a secret."

"Now Kimberly, you should know that I think secrets are a terrible thing to keep, especially ones that are this significant, but I don't want to see any harm come to you or your baby, so, your secret is safe with me."

"Thank you Sister Teresa." Kimberly sighed with relief. "You don't know how good it feels to get that off my chest."

Sister Teresa smiles. "Dearest Kimberly, do not worry. Your child is in the hands of the Lord now and it is being surrounded by plenty of love and support. You have nothing to worry about."

"Thanks."

Suddenly, the door burst open revealing Tommy with a panicked face. Kimberly and Sister Teresa jumped at the sudden entrance, but they relaxed when they saw who was responsible.

"Tommy." Kimberly said with a smile.

Tommy's face washed over with relief at the sight of Kimberly. He was obviously grateful he'd found her.

"There you are." He said. "What the heck do you think you were doing running off like that?"

"I didn't run off, I left you that note in the kitchen. I said I'd be back soon."

"Kimberly, how was I supposed to know what that meant?"

Kimberly sighed and stood up. "Look at me, I'm fine and you have nothing to worry about. I didn't run off, I didn't try to escape, and I'm fine. I just came here to talk with Sister Teresa. It's kind of nice having a girl to talk your problems out with."

"Well… next time, please let me know, even if I'm asleep. I still have to accompany you down here."

Kimberly rolled her eyes. "Why? I made it down here just fine today?"

"Kimberly…" he said, growing impatient.

"Fine. I'll be sure to notify youthe next time."

Tommy nodded. "Now, is this session over?"

"Nope." Kimberly replied as she took a seat in the chair again. "I still have a lot of venting to do and these sessions are private which means you have to wait out in the hall."

"Alright, alright." He said holding his hands up in defense. "I'm going so you can get your session over with."

"Thank you handsome." Kimberly called out to him as he left the room.

Tommy turned his head as his cheeks reddened and exited the room.

Angel Grove Mall

After spending three hours in bed crying, Katherine could feel the walls starting to close in on her. She'd argued with Collin for ten minutes before she'd finally convinced him that she was well enough to leave the house for a few hours. So, Katherine had found the most loose-fitting maternity shirt in her closet and slid it on before heading out to the limo to be driven to the mall. All of those events had lead up to her current position on a bench outside a maternity store.

Katherine sat at the bench staring at the expensive maternity boutique with tears rolling down her pale cheeks. If she were still pregnant, she'd be in there right now trying on every cute outfit she could find, maxing out all of Collin's credit cards. She smiled at the thought. It would definitely calm her nerves if she were shopping. With a heavy sigh, she stood up and walked into the store.

Katherine was greeted by a beautiful brunette with hair that hung loosely over her shoulders. She was wearing a green wrap dress that was tied at her left side and it hugged all of her curves revealing an hour glass-shaped figure. Her feet were strapped into a cork-heeled, brown-strapped pair of sandals. The woman smiled at Katherine as she walked in protectively covering her stomach.

"Good afternoon madam." She greeted with a French accent. "How may I help you this afternoon?"

Katherine's eyes widened. "Who me?"

"But of course. Who else would I be talking to?"

Katherine looked around and mentally slapped herself when she noticed that she, the sales attendant, and the cashier were the only people in the room.

"Oh…"

The woman giggled as she held out her hand. "My name is Anastasia and I am a sales clerk here at the Maternity Boutique. Are you in here shopping for outfits today?"

Katherine smiled weakly as she nodded. "Yes." She said.

"Alrighty then. How far along are you? You don't look very big?"

"Oh, well I recently just found out that I was pregnant." She lied.

"Oh! Then you're just starting to look for maternity clothes then."

Katherine smiled as she nodded. "Yes. I want to… be well prepared for the months ahead. I heard this boutique has the best maternity fashions, so I just had to come and get a few outfits for myself. Looking around right now, I like everything I see."

Anastasia giggled as she motioned for Katherine to follow her. "Well, follow me. We've just found this cool new way for mothers to try on our maternity outfits. It will make shopping easier for your months to come."

"Really?" Katherine asked with raised eyebrows. "And… what exactly is this method of yours?"

"I'll show you!" Anastasia exclaimed as she stepped into a closed door. She returned two minutes later with a large box. "I'm telling you, this is one of the coolest and most accurate ways to buy maternity clothes for the future."

Grabbing a box cutter, Anastasia sliced the tape down the center to open the box. What she pulled out made Katherine's eyes widen. There in her hand was an imitation belly, a pregnant one at that. It had stretchable material flaps hanging over the sides with Velcro on the ends.

"What is it?" Katherine asked interestedly.

"This is something that's been out for a while, but our boutique recently got them. It's a pregnancy belly that expecting mothers can try on early in their pregnancies to find clothes for months they aren't currently in. This particular belly is for a woman who is three months pregnant."

"Can… I try it on?" Katherine asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Anastasia smiled. "I'll just give you this while I go and find a few extras."

Katherine smiled happily as Anastasia passed her the fake stomach and stepped into the back room. It only took her a few seconds to get the stomach on over her shirt. It looked silly on top of the shirt she was currently wearing, so she pulled the stomach off and put it back on beneath her shirt. She then made her way over to a mirror in the dressing room and gasped at what she saw. She looked exactly as she did the day before, before she had lost her little girl. Katherine felt tears spring to her eyes as she rubbed her hands carefully across the fake stomach beneath her shirt. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She was pregnant; well, at least she looked the part. Suddenly, an idea hit Katherine, an idea that was bound to work if she could get a plan together.

Anastasia returned a few seconds later with a two month, five month, and eight month, pregnancy bellies. She smiled at Katherine's reflection in the mirror.

"Wow." She said. "You look great!"

"Say?" Katherine said curiously. "Are those the only stomachs you have here?"

"As of right now, yes. Why do you ask? You want to try on more clothes?"

"Well… you can kind of say that. Do you think I could purchase them from you? One for each month?"

"And why would you want to buy these?" Anastasia asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, I want them to try on clothes of course!"

"I don't follow you. You can try the clothes on here."

"Well, there's another boutique a few towns over that I've gone to before and I wanted to try on a few things they had, but I couldn't tell what I needed because I didn't have anything to help me measure my size. With these fake stomachs, I'll be able to go and get myself measured."

Anastasia nodded as she finally understood. "Okay then. I'll go ahead and give you whatever I can find, and if there isn't one for the specific month you're looking for, I'll make a few phone calls to find you one."

"Thank you." Katherine said with a smile.

"No problem."

Anastasia disappeared to locate more of the fake bellies while Katherine turned her attention back to her pregnant reflection.

"Okay…" she said. "I've found a way to remain pregnant. This just leaves one issue… what am I gonna do when nine months are up? I need a baby…"


Author's Note: And so ends another chapter and uh-oh… What is Katherine thinking! You can't pretend to be pregnant! Or… can you? Well, review and let me know what you thought and sit tight because the next chapter is coming to you soon!