Author's Note: Hey guys! It's time for the next chapter and I know you're all dying to figure out what's going to happen next. Well, I'm not gonna spend all my time chatting it up and reviewing the previous chapters because you should've read them. Instead, I'm gonna get to the disclaimer so you all can read the rest of the chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers, any of its characters, or any of its series. The main idea for this story came from a 2009-2010 storyline of Days of our Lives so the entire plot doesn't belong to me. But, all of the made up character names, places, and details in this story all belong to me!
"Breathe"
Tiffany Blake, a nurse at the local clinic was sitting at the receptionist desk filing her nails. She'd just finished her index finger and was moving on to her middle when the automatic sliding doors slid open, letting in the cold air from outside. Her face curled into a scowl as she prepared to yell at whoever was responsible. Her eyes widened with concern as Sister Teressa stepped into the lobby with a panting, pregnant Kimberly clinging onto her arm.
"Is everything okay?" Tiffany asked worriedly as she sets her filer down to stare at the two of them.
"This woman is in labor." Sister Teressa explained as Kimberly gasped in discomfort. "I was told that she could deliver her baby here. Is that true?"
"Um, yes it is. Just give me a second."
Tiffany ran into a nearby room to retrieve a wheelchair for the expecting mother. When she returned to the lobby, Kimberly was gripping the railing on the wall as she clenched her teeth together tightly.
"Here you are." Tiffany said as she helped Kimberly sit in the chair. "Now, I need you to fill out some important paperwork and then we'll get you situated for the delivery."
"We'll worry about that later." Kimberly said as she clenched her teeth tighter. "I want to have this baby first and we can worry about all of the official details later."
"Right then. I'll let Doctor Sun know that you've arrived."
"Thank you so much." Sister Teressa said gratefully as Tiffany ran off to page the doctor.
Sister Teressa smiled encouragingly as she wheeled Kimberly closer to the receptionist desk. She began humming calming hymn as Kimberly screamed through another painful contraction.
"Only a few more painful minutes my child." Sister Teresa whispered. "The Lord is with thee and your child. You have nothing to fear."
Tiffany appeared in front of the two of them with a smile on her face. "I'm going to wheel you to a room." She explained calmly. "Doctor Sun needs to know how close the contractions are."
"They were two minutes apart when we got out of my car." Sister Teressa said as she placed a hand over her heart.
"Two minutes?" Tiffany said in shock. "So close?"
"The little one's in a hurry to get here."
Tiffany nodded once before walking around Kimberly's wheel chair and pushing her off towards her room.
Convent
"There's the convent." Tommy said as he struggled to keep his eyes open. "Turn into the parking lot and park around back. There's a door that'll take us into the convent near Sister Teressa's office."
"Got it." The female officer nodded. "You stay here. I'll head in with my partner."
"No." Tommy said quickly. "I have to be sure that she's okay. She's my responsibility."
"Fine then."
The female officer turned the steering wheel of her cruiser and pulled into the parking lot. Just like Tommy instructed her to do, she parked on the back side of the convent. She and her partner jumped out quickly and helped Tommy out of the back.
"Hey man," the male partner said worriedly, "you don't look so good. You sure you wanna go in?"
"Positive. The woman Zeke's after is pregnant. I can't allow him to hurt her or her child."
"Oh dear." The female officer said. "Let's get a move on then."
Tommy took a deep breath and blinked a few times to steady his vision. He then made his way over to the door. 'Hang on Kim. I'm coming.' He thought to himself.
Clinic
Kimberly had changed into a hospital gown and was lying on a bed moaning in pain while Sister Teressa sat on a swivel chair beside her whispering to her soothingly.
"Where's the doctor?" Kimberly cried. "I want to deliver this baby now. I don't know how much more pain I can take."
"It'll all be worth it in the end my dear. Soon, you're gonna be holding a beautiful baby in your arms. That is one of the greatest gifts the Lord can give to a woman."
Kimberly managed to smile in spite of her pain. "I hope it's a girl. I think Jacob would love to have a baby sister."
Sister Teressa nodded as Kimberly went back to fighting through her pain. The door swung open a few seconds later and two nurses walked in followed by a man of Native American descent with long, black hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. He was wearing a long, white doctor's coat that stopped just above his knee caps.
"Hello." The doctor said as he shut the door behind him. "My name is Doctor Sun and I'm going to be delivering your baby today. I saw that you didn't fill out any patient information earlier."
"She's in so much pain, she decided she'd fill things out after the baby's born." Sister Teressa explained quickly.
"Right. So, may I ask what your name is?"
Sister Teressa prepared to tell him Kimberly's name, but Kimberly cuts her off before she gets the chance.
"My name is Samantha." She said. "But everyone calls me Sammy."
"Alright then Sammy. First thing I'm gonna do is a quick exam. I'm going to assume that you've had routine prenatal care?"
Kimberly gritted her teeth as another contraction hit. "Well…sort of."
"Either you have or you haven't." Doctor Sun smiled.
Kimberly sighed. "I've been in a sort of…unusual situation, but this will be my second child." She let out another scream after providing her small explanation.
Just then, the monitor beside Kimberly began making a strange sound. Doctor Sun walked over to the machine and took a peek at the papers that were coming out the bottom and managed to mutter a "whoa" as he took them in his hands.
"Whoa?" Kimberly asked fearfully. "What's whoa? Why whoa?"
"Your contractions are causing stress on the baby."
Kimberly's eyes widened at the news. This couldn't be happening could it? Sister Teressa stood up from the swivel chair and placed a hand on Kimberly's shoulder. She squeezed it reassuringly before turning to Doctor Sun.
"You have to do something now." Kimberly pleaded as he looked up from the papers.
"What's going on?" Sister Teressa asked. "Please tell us?"
"Well Sammy, the umbilical cord has compressed and the baby's having decelerations." He explained as calmly as he could.
Kimberly felt the air leave her lungs at the news. "I don't know what that means," She admitted, "but it doesn't sound too good."
"In simpler terms, the baby's not getting enough oxygen."
Kimberly felt tears brimming in her eyes. Had she heard right? Was her baby suffocating because of her?
"O-okay." She stammered. "Well, we'll do something. How about a c-section? We can just do that right now."
Doctor Sun shook his head with a frown. "We can't Sammy. I'm sorry."
"But why not?"
"Yes." Sister Teressa agreed. "Why not?"
"We don't have an OR room here." Doctor Sun explained.
"What do you-ow!" Kimberly threw her head back as another contraction hit.
"Ki-Sammy." Sister Teressa said calmingly. "Please dear, try and relax."
"I'm trying to relax Sister, I just don't understand what's going on."
Doctor Sun turned to his nurse and asked her to bring a few materials to the room as Kimberly continued to cry through her pains. The nurse disappeared through the door leaving Doctor Sun and the other nurse behind with "Sammy" and Sister Teressa.
"Stay with me Sammy." Doctor Sun said as he walked over to Kimberly and placed his hands on her knees. "We're gonna get through this, I promise."
"I have a bad feeling about this." Kimberly said to Sister Teressa. "Something's gonna go terribly wrong, I just know it. Why am I here? Why couldn't we just go to a regular hospital?"
"Stay calm Sammy." Sister Teressa said as the other nurse walked back into the room wheeling an oxygen tank. The other nurse reached into a nearby drawer and pulled out breathing tubes. She carefully slid them into Kimberly's nose as the other nurse connected the end to the oxygen tank and cut the gas on.
"What if something happens to my baby?" Kimberly asked worriedly through uneven breaths.
"Don't talk like that." Sister Teressa scolded. "Your baby needs you to be calm and hopeful."
Kimberly nodded as Doctor Sun and the nurses finished preparing her for her delivery.
Convent
"Kimberly!" Tommy shouted as he and the two officers rushed into Sister Teressa's office. When no sign of either of the two women was seen, Tommy began to panic. "Where are they? I left them in here before I took off to the factory."
"Maybe they're hiding somewhere?" the male officer guessed. "If they know Zeke's here, they're probably trying to avoid him."
"Let's check the Safe House." Tommy suggested. "That's the only other place Kimberly could've gone."
"Is the Safe House here?"
"Yes. There's an underground tunnel that takes us to this apartment complex behind the convent. We have to hurry."
"Right."
The two officers and Tommy rush out of Sister Teressa's office and dash towards the tunnel.
Clinic
"Alright Sammy." Doctor Sun said with an encouraging smile. "You've made it through the first part. Your contractions should be subsiding now."
One of the nurses looked at Doctor Sun right after Kimberly felt the first signs of relief in over an hour. "The baby's having a late deccell." She said to him.
Kimberly's mouth fell open at the news. "What does that mean?"
"It means we have to get this baby out now." Doctor Sun said looking at her.
"Explain to me what's going on?"
"Look at me Sammy. Like I said earlier, the baby is still not breathing. Now, you're dilated nine centimeters so you can push. I need you to get this baby out now."
"Okay." Kimberly said with a nod as she blinked a few tears free. "I'll try."
"Alright. You ready?"
Kimberly nodded as the nurses lifted the blanket. Doctor Sun stared at the monitor that was displaying her contractions.
"Here comes another one." He announced as he glanced at Kimberly out the corner of his eye. "Ready?"
Kimberly nodded as she prepared to deliver the child.
"Push…now!"
Kimberly clenched her teeth tightly as she pushed through the contraction. Sister Teressa held her hand firmly as the younger woman gave it her all.
"That's it." Doctor Sun said encouragingly. "Keep pushing."
Kimberly pressed her back against the elevated bed as hard as she could to fight against some of the pain as she growled. Doctor Sun nodded as he observed the miracle happening beneath the sheets. "Push Sammy."
Kimberly opened her eyes and looked down at Doctor Sun as she tried to catch her breath. "Is my baby okay?" she asked worriedly.
Doctor Sun looked up at her unsure of whether or not he should answer.
"Damn it!" Kimberly cursed. "Answer me!"
"Come on Sammy." Sister Teressa encouraged. "You have to keep pushing. The sooner the baby's out, the sooner the doctor can tell you what's happening."
Kimberly felt another painful contraction and pushed through it. After the nurse told her to stop, Kimberly screamed out the name of someone she wished could be by her side.
"Tommy!" she cried as she laid her head back. "I want Tommy!"
"The…father?" one of the nurses guessed.
"There's no time to worry about that." Doctor Sun said. "This baby is our main priority right now. Push Sammy."
Kimberly took a deep breath before pushing again.
"Harder!" he commanded.
"I can't!" she cried. "God, why is this happening to me and my baby? Am I being punished for something?"
"Stop it." Sister Teressa said. "Stop it right now. For one second, forget about yourself and how much pain you're in. Think about this poor little baby who needs his mommy's help to breathe. Get this poor child out of you."
"Baby's heart rate is still dropping doctor." The other nurse announced.
Kimberly's eyes darted to the nurse at the news.
'Keep pushing.' She mentally instructed herself. Kimberly ignored the nurse's comment and continued pushing. She had to for the sake of her baby.
Safe House
"Kimberly?" Tommy shouted as he and the two cops burst into the apartment.
As soon as they'd gotten the door open, a gunshot was fired. The female officer screamed as the male officer fell limply to the floor. As the standing officer bent down to check on her fallen partner, Tommy looked into the apartment and saw Zeke standing over by Kimberly's bed with his gun aimed at the door. Tommy put his hands up defensively as he walked into the room. He could feel the knife wound in his side starting to burn the closer he got to Zeke.
"He killed him." The female officer cried from the hallway.
"Where is she?" Zeke demanded.
"Look man," Tommy said calmly, "put the gun down. We can talk through this."
"I don't wanna talk you idiot. I wanna kill the bitch that turned me in."
"What's the point of killing her? You're just gonna wind up in jail anyways. You've already committed two murders. Do you really wanna add three to your rap sheet?"
"There'll be four if you don't tell me where she is." Zeke took the time to reload is gun as Tommy stepped further into the room. "She wasn't in the convent with those stupid nuns and she isn't in here. Where are you hiding her?"
"I'm not hiding her."
"Liar!"
"I don't know where she is."
Zeke aimed the gun at Tommy. "I'm giving you one last chance. Where is she?"
"I don't know."
Zeke growled as he pulled the trigger, pulling a scream from the female officer's throat.
Clinic
"What's happening to my baby?" Kimberly wailed as she tried to catch her breath.
"Don't worry about that right now Sammy." Doctor Sun said. "Right now, I need you to take a deep breath and focus. We're gonna get this baby out now. Nurse? Forceps."
"But Doctor Su-"
"Forceps." He commanded again.
"Please…" Kimberly begged. "Save my baby. Whatever it is you have to do, please save my baby."
After a few more minutes of pushing, Kimberly was relieved to hear Doctor Sun announce that the baby had crowned. Kimberly nodded gratefully, but threw her head back in pain as another contraction hit.
"One more push Sammy." Doctor Sun encouraged her. "You can do this."
"I-I can't!" Kimberly cried breathlessly. "It hurts. I'm so tired."
"Don't talk Sammy." Sister Teressa said. "Just push. You've done this before, so you know how critical it is to push this last time. Just think. When you get this baby out all the pain will go away."
"I can see the head." Doctor Sun announced.
Kimberly managed to laugh through her pain at the news.
"Almost there." Sister Teressa said.
'Yeah.' Tommy's voice said in her head. 'You're almost there Kim.'
Kimberly smiled at the voice and pushed as hard as she could manage.
"You've done it." Doctor Sun smiled at her.
Kimberly laughed with relief as she felt the pains of her labor subside. She'd done it. Her baby was finally here.
"It's a little girl." Doctor Sun said in admiration.
"A girl." Kimberly smiled as tears began to run down her cheeks. "I knew it. Let me see her."
Doctor Sun's expression fell at the question. He looked up at Kimberly and then back at the baby.
"Wait a second." Kimberly said. "Why isn't she crying? Aren't babies supposed to cry when they're born? Jacob cried so why isn't my little girl crying?"
Doctor Sun nodded at the nurses. They stood from their positions and hovered around Kimberly as they began to clean her up. Doctor Sun made a hasty exit from the room with Kimberly's newborn daughter in his arms.
"Where's he taking her?" Kimberly demanded. "Why can't I hold my baby?"
"Your baby isn't breathing." One of the nurses said sadly. "He's going to do everything he can to change that."
Kimberly started crying at the news. Could this really be happening?
Safe House
Tommy stared at Zeke in shock as the female officer's body fell to the floor just like her partner's had.
"Why did you kill her?" Tommy asked in disbelief.
"She's a cop." Zeke shrugged. "She could take me in after this is all over. I don't want any of the cops on my case right now. All I want is for Kimberly to get what she deserves. A bullet."
Tommy growled as he charged towards Zeke and tackled him onto the floor. The gun fell out of Zeke's hand and slid into the corner near the bathroom door. Tommy punched Zeke once across the face, but screamed in pain as Zeke kicked him in his side right where his wound had been wrapped. Tommy rolled off of Zeke and onto his uninjured side as he grips his wound in agony. Zeke crawled across the floor and managed to get hold of his gun again. Tommy's eyes widened with fear as Zeke stood and held the gun above Tommy.
"Any last requests?" Zeke asked with a smirk.
"Yeah." Tommy answered as he shook his pain off. "Drop to your knees and kiss the floor."
"What kind of request is that?"
Tommy smirked and sent a kick straight to Zeke's goods. Zeke shrieked like a little girl before dropping to his knees slowly. Tommy smiled and launched a kick to the side of his head, knocking Zeke to the floor. He smiled in satisfaction when Zeke didn't get back up. Tommy pulled the gun from Zeke's hand and stood to his feet. He then limped out of the room.
"I've gotta call for back up and find Kim." He said as he stumbled slightly. His wound had reopened and he was starting to lose blood again. Things weren't looking great for him at the moment.
Clinic
Sister Teressa was kneeled beside Kimberly as she held her hand tightly. She stared up at the ceiling as she prayed for Kimberly's little girl.
"We thank God for Kimberly's daughter and we ask him to restore the child's health, so be his holy will. This favor we ask of you through your love for all children and mothers. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, amen."
"Amen." Kimberly repeated.
The two women were starting to become very worried. The nurses had been gone for twenty minutes and Doctor Sun almost an hour. Just what was taking them so long?
Lab
Doctor Sun smiled at Kimberly's baby girl as the baby looked up at him with beautiful brown eyes. She had small wisps of brown hair that decorated her paled skin. She was a beautiful little girl who was the spitting image of her mother. Doctor Sun was so proud that she made it through the delivery. Now, all he had to do was get the baby to Kimberly so she could hold the little angel.
Doctor Sun smiled as he placed the baby in a small nursery crib and wrapped her in a pink blanket. Just as he prepared to put a hat on her head, the door opened. He turned around and raised an eyebrow at the visitor.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he demanded.
Author's Note: So, who's Doctor Sun's visitor? Are you curious to find out? And what about Tommy? Is he gonna find out where Kimberly and Sister Teressa have fled to? Well, leave me a review and sit tight because the next chapter is coming to you soon.
