Tommy rubbed his eyes, squinting at the screen in front of him, he really should head back upstairs and grab his glasses from the nightstand, but he didn't want to wake Kim up, not on a night when the children didn't have nightmares and she could actually sleep peacefully. He squinted at one of the screens, trying to decide if that was a tree swaying in the wind, or a monster doing the hula. Gah, he must be tired, why in the world would a monster be doing a hula, it had to be a tree, right.

Movement on a different screen drew his attention, someone was in the study, he drew a breath, he knew it, someone had broke into the house. He grabbed his morpher, a new one that allowed him to morph into any of his old forms just by using the correct phrase. He promised that he was going to keep them safe and that was what he was going to do.

Whoever it was that was upstairs knew how to open the trapdoor, for he heard more than saw the door open and someone come down the stairs. Soon someone was in sight, though he couldn't tell who they were, he took a step forward and would have morphed into the green ranger if that said person hadn't spoke up, "Is something wrong Handsome."

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to relax, he was safe it was just Kim, "What are you doing up?" he asked, putting the morpher back in his pajamas pocket.

"I woke up and you were gone," Kim stated, "Plus your pillow was wet, so I think that you were crying," she gave him a soft look that made him weak at the knees, he loved her so much, and thought that she looked beautiful even in her oversize t-shirt and shorts that she had gone to bed in.

"I just needed to check on something," Tommy asked.

"What?" Kim asked, "Did something come up."

"No," Tommy admitted, he was a terrible liar, and Kim would be able to see through him no matter what, she always had been, even when he had been the evil green ranger.

"Then what are you doing in the middle of the night in the lab?"

"I guess old habits die hard," Tommy insisted, switching off the monitor, "I just felt like I had to make sure you guys were safe."

Kim nodded, "I still catch myself looking over my shoulders," she admitted, "It's totally normal, it's only been a week, but that does not explain why you've been crying, and don't deny it, I can see the streaks on your face from here."

"It's nothing, just a nightmare," Tommy insisted.

"Are you going to tell me what it was about, or do I need to threaten to call Rocky and Zack?" Kim asked with a slight smile, Rocky and Zack were the worst about teasing other rangers and were always looking for something they could use to put Tommy back in his place when he got to cocky as the leader of the power rangers.

Tommy shook his head, "I didn't want to worry you," he insisted, if Kim had yet not realized that he was to blame for the past several months and even the past decade of her life, then he wouldn't point it out for her.

Kim cupped his face in her hand, looking deep into his eyes, as if she could see into his very soul through them, "You're blaming yourself," she finally announced, as if she had received some sort of vision.

"What!" Tommy exclaimed, surprised, how could he keep his feelings to himself when Kim could just look into his eyes and see them.

"There's a reason Zack started calling me, 'The Hart of the team,' and it wasn't for the sake of a pun."

Tommy let out a little laugh, although it sounded like it met a sob halfway out, "It's just the fact that if I had..." he trailed off, casting his eyes away from Kim.

"If you had done something about the letter beside run away and hide from it, you would have learned about Goldar and Luke and put an end to their alliance right then and there."

Tommy nodded, "Yeah, some loyalty I showed you."

Kim shook her head, "It's in the past, Tommy, the people who are responsible are dead, and we can go back to a peaceful life."

Tommy shook his head, what in the world did he do to deserve the best woman in the world?

...

After his conversation with Kim he felt better, but he still felt like he was to blame as he went back to bed. The next morning he pushed the thoughts out of his head as he woke the girls to get them ready for school.

"Daddy," Jaslee asked, tipping her head to the side as she looked up at him with large blue eyes, "Are you okay?"

Tommy looked at Kim in surprise, Jaslee always seemed to know things that she had no way of knowing, and he was sure this was one of those times were she knew what had happened without being told.

"It's nothing, sweetheart," Tommy stated, pulling her into a hug, "I love you."

"I love you too, Daddy," Jaslee exclaimed, squeezing him tightly, "You have that meeting today, don't you?" she asked.

Tommy wanted to laugh as she changed the subject, "You're right, I do, Aunt Elsa wants me to come back to work for her."

"That's funny because she tried to fire you a lot your first year," Jaslee announced, Tommy hadn't told any of them about the rough start to his relationship with the principal of the school he use to teach at, but he wasn't really surprised that she knew, once again something about his past. if Kim didn't blame him for what happened, Jaslee might, she would eventually find out what he didn't do, and then, well, he didn't want to think about that, after all she had been hurt greatly by Luke.