Tommy glanced around the room, why did the Youth Center have to have so many nooks and crannies for people to hide in, he grumbled to himself as he peered around the corner to the locker room. An army of putties could hide in there and attack Kim during the ceremony. He looked up at the ceiling and scowled, a storm had been threatening all morning, forcing them to move their outdoor wedding inside. Inside where there were more places to hide and less room to move.
He stepped into the locker room and was peering into the cracks when something appeared behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.
Tommy jumped up, spinning around and letting a lightning-fast punch fly at whoever was behind him. Luckily Tanya ducked just in time to prevent herself from being knocked out.
"Careful Tommy," she said with a little bit of a chuckle, "You could have knocked out a civilian."
"Sorry," Tommy muttered, grateful that it had been Tanya and not one of the boys, or Trini, who had seen him so jumpy, he felt like a wind-up toy that's been wound up and then held still.
"It's fine, Adam just called he might be a little late to the wedding," Tanya said, "He's helping out with Operation Overdrive and they hit a bit of a snag."
"What," Tommy snapped, suddenly switching from a nervous bridegroom to the leader of the power rangers.
"Operation Overdrive quit," Tanya explained, "Only the red ranger is still there, and I don't know if that is because he lives there or that he really wants to remain a power ranger."
"But Adam is part of my security detail," Tommy complained.
"Security detail?" Tanya repeated, "You do realize that ninety percent of your guests are power rangers, I think a security detail is a little extreme, don't you?"
"I promised Kim that I'll keep her and the girls safe, no matter what."
"There's a difference between being protective and overprotective," a new voice stated, as Kim herself arrived, "You crossed that line a while ago," she insisted, wrapping her arms around her husband, "Relax, if somebody does decide to crash the wedding they are going to wish they hadn't really quickly." she pressed a kiss on his lips, "Trust me, you're being a stick in the mud."
"There's an idea," Zack said, arriving dripping wet, "instead of throwing rice, we can throw mud at the newlyweds."
"I'll just throw some back," Kim announced, "And you know for a fact that I never miss, so I suggest that you behave, it's not too late for me to band you from the wedding."
"Zack," Tommy announced, stepping in between Zack and his wife, "I need your help with security."
"Honestly," Kim exclaimed rolling her eyes, "You don't need security for our wedding."
"At least he's not superstitious," Rocky said, arriving with a large cart laden with food, "It's considered bad luck to see the bride before the wedding."
"What!" Tommy exclaimed, looking at Kim in disbelief before hurrying away, "How do we reverse bad luck?"
Kim turned to look at the former ranger, "Great, just great, why did you have to do that?"
"I didn't think he'll freak out, he's the leader of the power rangers, for crying out loud!"
"He freaks out when I get a papercut," Kim explained, "Now I need to calm him down and remind him that it's just a silly superstition and that technically we're already married so it wouldn't count even if it was real." With that, she turned around to chase after her husband, "Now I have less than an hour to calm him down before I have to start getting ready for the wedding."
...
Tommy was pacing back in forth, cursed, cursed, the whole things been cursed, they had seen each other before they got married for the first time back in December. That was probably what went wrong. Luke found them in Disneyland, Silverback kidnapped Kim, Jaslee decided that she didn't like school, Inya's ear infection, It was all because he had seen Kim before their wedding. Why hadn't he realized that beforehand?
If they really had been cursed then Kim really would figure out that it was his fault and leave him. He couldn't handle that, he just had to do more, make sure that she and the girls never got hurt again.
He also had to figure out what to do with what Jaslee had told him, about Willow and Z.K., new babies, a son, and a daughter, arriving at his house at the end of the school year. There will be questions on who the father was, especially since they had only been married since late December.
"Tommy?" a voice called out causing him to turn around to find himself face to face with Jason, who arched an eyebrow at him, "Kim told me that you had a little freakout when Rocky mentioned an old superstition. You okay?"
"It explains everything that's gone wrong since we got married, maybe if we stop seeing each other and get married a different day," Tommy said.
Jason chuckled, "That superstition came from Arrange Marriage days, it is outdated as that practice."
"Are you sure," Tommy asked, giving his best friend a skeptical look.
"If it wasn't for the fact that at the moment you are being dead serious I would be laughing so hard right now," Jason insisted, pushing him towards the room that had been set aside for a dressing room, "But at the moment we need to get changed for the wedding or you'll be the one walking down the aisle."
"But..." Tommy sputtered, as he was shoved into the room, "Adam isn't here to help with the Security Details." he protested.
"A room full of power rangers," Jason pointed out, "Anybody who tries to crash the wedding is going to regret it even without Adam around to beat them up. However, Kim might just do something to us if we aren't ready on time."
"Do you think she'll leave me?" Tommy asked panicked.
"Maybe, you better hurry and get dressed," Jason said, slamming the door behind him, before glancing at Trini who had been watching the whole thing, "We have got to get that man a psychologist."
