Author's Note: And here I am again with the next chapter of An Unsaintly Switch. I want to take this time to thank everyone who's reviewed and stayed loyal to this story. Keep them coming guys, I love them. Now, it's time for you all to read on and figure out what's going to happen next, so I'm gonna stop my babbling and disclaim the story before beginning the update.
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!
"World's Best Actress"
Doctor Sun stood in the doorway of Kimberly's hospital room with his mouth ajar. Kimberly and Sister Teressa were gone and the baby he'd just given to Kimberly ten minutes before had disappeared with them. He ran a hand over his face as he sighed. At least he didn't have to worry about finding Katherine a room. The doctor left the room and walked into the lab where Katherine was busy pacing back and forth as she held her phone in her hand. It was still ringing as her husband desperately tried to get in touch with her.
"Aren't you going to answer that?" Doctor Sun asked as he shut the door behind him.
"I can't." Katherine said fearfully. "Collin's supposed to be on a plane right now flying out of the country. I expected his voicemail to pick up, not him. I probably freaked him out with my voicemail."
"Well, you're in luck. You wanted a room, and you've got one."
"You told Kimberly and the nun to take a hike?"
"I didn't have to. They're gone along with Julia's baby."
Katherine smiled as she stared at the infant in the clear crib. "This is just perfect. Now listen up Doctor Sun, I have a plan and if it's gonna work, you have to do exactly what I tell you too."
Doctor Sun rolled his eyes as he leaned back against the closed door. "What are your demands oh great Katherine." He said sarcastically.
"Bite your tongue and cut the sarcasm." She snapped. "Now, I want this beautiful little angel to be prepped and prettied up like you were going to do before. I'm going to change into a hospital gown and wait in the empty room with the baby while you call my husband."
"Don't you'll think he'll be suspicious when he shows up and you're already holding a baby?"
"When you call him, you're going to tell him that I'm here in Reefside giving birth and there's no way to slow everything down. If he's back in Angel Grove, it will take him four hours to get here. Births can take place in ten minutes sometimes so four hours won't be too unbelievable. Do you think you can handle this job?"
Doctor Sun sighed as he nodded his head. "Like I said earlier, you're a crazy, sadistic bitch."
Katherine glared at him as she checked on the sleeping infant. "This has to work one way or another. And remember, you're getting paid quite nicely for helping me out, so put on a smile and stop being such a wuss."
Convent
Tommy gripped his side in pain as he wandered through the halls of the convent. His vision had blurred and he was walking like he was intoxicated. Tommy was relieved to be away from Zeke, but he knew that the killer would be up and moving as soon as he woke up from his state of unconsciousness. Tommy knew he had to find Kimberly before that could happen.
As he continued walking through the halls, Tommy couldn't help but wonder where all the other nuns had disappeared to. Since he and the two deceased officers had arrived, he'd yet to see one of them in the church. Just where had they gone?
Tommy stopped walking when he reached the sanctuary doors. Something compelled him to go inside, so he walked in. The sanctuary was dark and was lit by only a few candles. He walked to the front of the church and found that it was empty just like the rest of the convent. Tommy gripped the end of one of the pews as he tried to hold himself steady. He desperately needed medical attention after losing as much blood as he had. Just as he turned to leave, the sanctuary doors flew open. Tommy looked up, fearful that Zeke had awoken and followed him, but what he saw filled him with relief.
"Kimberly?" he smiled.
Clinic
"Hello?" Doctor Sun spoke into Katherine's cell. "This is Doctor Sun at the Reefside Medical Clinic. Is this Mr. Ignalis?"
"Yes." Collin answered frantically on the other side of the line. "Where is my fiancé? You're obviously calling from her phone. She called me earlier but she hung up and-"
"Mr. Ignalis." He said. "You might want to get to Reefside as soon as you can."
"Reefside? But why on earth is my darling Katherine all the way in Reefside? That's four hours from here."
"Sir, I've been treating your wife since she first found out that she was pregnant at my personal office in Angel Grove, but I recently relocated here so she's had to make longer trips."
"What's happening? Is Katherine okay?"
"She's gone into labor. The baby's coming."
"Oh dear. I'm on my way. And please…tell her I love her."
"I will. Bye."
Doctor Sun hung up the phone and turned around to face the blonde that had been causing him hell since the minute she stepped foot in the clinic. "He loves you." He said with a straight face. He then walked over to the sleeping infant and proceeded to wrap her in a pink blanket.
Katherine nodded at the message from her husband before tip toeing out of the room to begin her acting debut.
Convent
Kimberly felt tears spring to her eyes as she smiled back at Tommy. Sister Teressa stepped into the sanctuary, right behind her and smiled as well. The two of them approached Tommy, relieved to see him.
"You're back!" Kimberly exclaimed. "I was so worried about you."
"You were worried about me?" Tommy said through uneven breaths. "I was worried about you."
Tommy suddenly heard little grunts and his eyes moved to the tiny pink bundle in Kimberly's arms. "Oh my God." He said as his face lit up. "You had the baby?"
Kimberly nodded as she moved the blankets away from the baby's face to show off her pride and joy. "I sure dd. It's a little girl."
Tommy smiled at the baby one final time before groaning in discomfort.
"Tommy?" Kimberly called out to him gently. "What's wrong?"
"I-I'm fine." He stammered. "I just have a-"
Tommy's sentence was cut off as his body fell limp to the floor.
"Tommy!" Kimberly screamed as she crouched down beside him.
"Pass me the child." Sister Teressa instructed as she held her arms out. Kimberly complied with her request and handed her child to the nun. She then turned her attention to Tommy.
Kimberly gasped when she took in Tommy's appearance and she mentally slapped herself for not noticing it earlier. Tommy's face was dirty and bruised. His hair was falling out of its ponytail holder and his eye was swollen. Kimberly noticed that his black leather jacket was missing and instead, he was wearing a white t-shirt that had a hole in the side. Blood had seeped through the shirt and covered the entire front and part of the back.
"Oh my God…" she whispered. "He's bleeding. Sister Teressa, we've got to get help."
"I'll see what I can do. Let me go and grab a basket to put your baby in."
Kimberly nodded as Sister Teressa fled quickly from the room.
"Oh Tommy…" she whispered as she gently caressed his cheek. "What on earth happened to you?"
Clinic
Tiffany was still working her shift when the automatic sliding doors flew open. She looked up as Collin rushed through the doors. Panic was written all over his face and he was breathing like he'd just run a marathon.
"Uh…can I help you?" she asked as she placed her nail filer down.
"Yes." Collin nodded. "There's a woman here that's giving birth?"
Tiffany nodded. "Right this way." She instructed as she led Collin down the hall. The two of them approached Kimberly's hospital room and Tiffany stopped. "She's right through there. Congratulations sir."
Collin nodded and pushed the door open. What he saw made his stomach drop slightly, but his face lit up.
"Collin." Katherine smiled as she held a pink bundle securely in her arms. "You finally made it."
"You…you had the baby." He said in realization.
"I did. Now honey, I know you wanted to be with me during labor, but there was nothing I could do to hold on. She's only been here for an hour."
Collin nodded. "At least you're both alright."
Collin walked over to Katherine and the baby and smiled down upon the little angel in her arms. A little girl. He couldn't be happier than he was at that moment.
"Can I hold her?" he asked.
Katherine nodded as she lifted her arms. Collin took the baby from her and carefully cradled her head as he gently rocked her back and forth. Doctor Sun stared at Collin nervously from his place opposite Katherine. So far, things were looking good.
"Wait." Collin said squinting at the baby's face. "She looks like someone."
"No she doesn't." Katherine said quickly. Doctors Sun looked at them fearfully. Had they been figured out?
"Of course she does Kat. Can't you see it? It's quite obvious who this baby resembles."
"C-Collin." Katherine stammered.
"She looks like me." Collin declared with a proud smile.
Katherine's mouth fell open. That wasn't what she was expecting to hear. "Oh." She said breathlessly.
"It's quite obvious darling. Just look at her? She's got wisps of brown hair and my eyes. Hmm…I don't think she'll look like you."
"Oh, who's to tell?" Katherine laughed nervously. "My features may not come until she's older."
Collin nodded. "Right. Jacob didn't start to resemble Kimberly until he was six months old."
Katherine stiffened at the news. She hoped her daughter would never turn out like her real mother.
"So?" Doctor Sun said, interrupting the two parents. "This baby has yet to be named. We also need to get her foot prints, birth information, a picture, and we need to sign her birth certificate."
"Well Doctor," Collin said, "that all sounds great, but I think we should take my wife and daughter to a real hospital."
"Why?" Katherine asked suspiciously.
"Honey, this is a clinic. They obviously don't have all the tools needed to deliver a baby. I want to make sure that you and my daughter are in perfect health after delivery."
"I'm not going anywhere." Katherine snapped.
Collin raised an eyebrow at her reaction. Just why was she so snippety?
Convent
Kimberly held onto Tommy's hand as she silently prayed. He had yet to regain consciousness and that was starting to worry her.
"Tommy?" she called out to him gently. "Can you hear me?"
Tommy lay on the floor motionless as Kimberly tried to get him to respond. The doors of the church swung open as Sister Teressa came back in with a basket. Kimberly could hear her daughter's cries coming from inside. She held her hands out towards Sister Teressa, asking for the child. The nun complied and handed the newborn to its mother. She then took Kimberly's place and tried to wake an unresponsive Tommy. Sister Teressa placed to fingers to his neck in search of a pulse. Thankfully, she felt one. It was slow, but strong.
"He's alive." She announced with a smile. "That's a good sign."
"Did you call 9-1-1?"
"I did, but as I mentioned earlier when you went into labor, the hospital is miles from here. It's gonna take the ambulance ten minutes tops to get here."
"You can't be serious. Tommy could be dead by then! They need to get him here now! I'll take him myself if I have to."
"Kimberly, you've just delivered a baby and you started walking around an hour after delivery. I don't think you need to be moving around so much."
Kimberly sighed in defeat. She knew Sister Teressa was right, but she wanted to help Tommy before something terrible happened. Kimberly glanced back at Tommy and spied an unfamiliar hand gun within his grasp.
"What in the world?" she said pointing at it. "Sister, whose gun is that?"
"Isn't it Tommy's?"
Kimberly shook her head. "I've seen his gun lying around the Safe House and that is definitely not it."
"Then…where did this come from?"
Kimberly and Sister Teressa jumped as they heard a gun go off in the hallway. Kimberly held her daughter close as she stood to her feet weakly. "Sister Teressa…someone's here. Where are the other nuns?"
"That's a very good question Kimberly. I haven't seen any of them since we arrived either. No one's supposed to leave the convent unprotected."
"Take this basket and hide my daughter." Kimberly instructed.
Sister Teressa stood to her feet and took Kimberly's child into her arms. She placed the little girl in the basket before running into the pulpit. She began looking around for a hiding spot and smiled when she spotted the priest's office door. The nun quickly made her way inside and placed the baby's basket on top of a couch in the corner. She smiled down at the child and noticed that she'd fallen asleep. Placing a quick kiss on the baby's forehead, she covered her up in her blankets and ran from the room, being sure to close the door behind her. Just as she walked back into the pulpit, the sanctuary doors burst open. Kimberly released a scream of terror at the man in the doorway. Sister Teressa squinted at the man. He was no one she'd ever seen before but Kimberly obviously knew who he was.
"Child?" Sister Teressa called to her. "Who is that man?"
"Zeke." Kimberly said. "He's the man that's been after me."
"And the man that's going to kill you!" he shouted.
Clinic
"Darling, why don't you want to go to a hospital? I believe I passed one on my way into town."
"I don't trust anyone but Doctor Sun." she said as she glanced at the nervous doctor. "He delivered my baby and he's been here for me since I found out I was pregnant. No one else is to touch me."
Collin sighed. "Katherine, you're being a bit…unreasonable. I wasn't here for the birth so I want to ensure that you and my daughter are well taken care of."
"Collin, stop worrying. I'm fine. Now, let's concentrate on something more important. Our daughter."
With the mentioning of his new child, Collin turned away from the idea of leaving. "That's right. We can't just leave this little slice of heaven without a name."
"That's it Collin." Katherine smiled. "You've found her name."
"Heaven?" Doctor Sun asked. "A little too religious for you I think."
Katherine shot him a glare. "No not Heaven. Neveah. It's heaven spelled backwards and it's a beautiful name. Besides, this little girl is a gift from God. I think the name fits her perfectly."
"So do I." Collin smiled. "It's a wonderful name."
"Middle name?" Doctor Sun asked as he grabbed a birth certificate from a filing cabinet across the room.
"Marie." Collin smiled. "It's my mother's name."
"Alright then." Doctor Sun said as he took out a pen. "Neveah Marie Ignalis."
"It's the perfect name for the world's most perfect baby." Katherine smiled. "And she's all ours."
Doctor Sun stared at Katherine in disgust as he finished filling out the certificate.
Convent
"How did you find me?" Kimberly asked as she slowly backed away.
"I had a little help from the man upstairs." He smirked.
"What?" Sister Teressa said in disbelief. "I doubt that."
"Let me be a little more specific." Zeke said as he pulled a gun out from behind him. "I had a few moles that I planted to dig up information on you and your whereabouts. I had a mole at the department and I had a mole here at the convent."
"What?" Sister Teressa gasped. "Who?"
Zeke laughed at the nun's shocked expression. "Sister Martha." He replied with a shrug.
Sister Teressa couldn't believe she hadn't noticed. Sister Martha was one of the new sheep in their flock. She'd joined the convent a month after Kimberly had been there, but the priest said she'd come from a Convent in Washington. So, all this time she'd been deceiving everyone.
"You won't get away with this." Sister Teressa declared. "You shall be punished for the evil deeds you have done."
"No way Sister." Zeke said with a smirk. "Not until I've had my revenge."
"Zeke, please…" Kimberly begged. "I will do anything. Just…don't kill me. I have so much to live for."
"You don't deserve to live. If I get caught, I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in prison without parole. You shouldn't have turned in my identity. Maybe then, things wouldn't be as crucial as they are right now."
"What good is killing me going to do you? You're just going to get a longer sentence. Just let me go."
"Not a chance. I'm going to kill you, your protector, and this nun. Then, I'll go about my merry way."
"I'm not going down without a fight."Kimberly declared as she bent over and grabbed the gun beside Tommy. "I'm done running from you. Tommy's spent all this time protecting me. Now, it's my turn to protect him."
Zeke loaded his gun as he scoffed. "Fine. Give me your best shot."
"With pleasure."
Author's Note: And so ends another chapter. I know you hate cliff hangers, but that's how I wanted to end this chapter. Want to find out what happens next? Well, review and sit tight. The next chapter's coming your way soon.
