Trent had been sleeping for almost five days straight. It was really starting to worry Kim. She had been by his bed side in the lab the entire time, refusing to leave him again.
"Beautiful?" Tommy whispered behind her. She wasn't acknowledging him anymore ands that was starting to worry Tommy.
"Kim you need to sleep. You're no good to him in a hospital bed. "
"The last time I saw him was in a hospital bed. " she whispered. Tommy sat beside her and wrapped his arm around her so she could rest her head on his shoulder.
"The Fernandez 's were there to pick him up and I was trying not to get attached to him. I had held him for a few minutes and had seen how much he looked like you. I was hoping that I wasn't making a mistake. I never meant for this to happen when I gave him up. I did it because I wanted him to have a good life."
"I know you did beautiful.I cant imagine what you went through back then. But now you've got to look 's in our lives again."
"Not for long," Kim said sadly. "The Fernandez 's will never give him back. They had been waiting five years to adopt when I was pregnant. For so long I believed them when they said they wanted me to meet him and for him to know who I was when he was older. But I was just kidding myself."
Tommy was confused. "What do you mean?"
"I haven't heard from them since Trent was twelve. I was supposed to receive at least one picture every year on his birthday and Christmas. I still have every one they ever sent me upstairs. But three years ago they stopped coming.I tried calling the number they had in their file, but it was disconnected." Kim was crying at this point.
"Kim... Trent doesn't live with them anymore," Tommy said slowly. He knew he had to tell her, but he didn't know how to say it without her freaking out.
"What do you mean?"
"His parents were geologists. They had worked with Anton after the island explosion. They both died in a cave in and Anton got custody of Trent after they died."
"Why wasn't I ever told?" Kim asked. "is Anton even being good to him?"
"Kim calm down. You can't spring this stuff on him when he first wakes up. He's been through a lot in three last few months and even more in three last few days. He's going to have a lot to deal with."
Kim took a deep breath. "I can't give him up again Tommy. Please don't ask me to."
" I won't Kim. But you know it's going to be something we will have to work through. "
"When was the last time you spoke with Anton?" She asked.
"When the school informed me he had taken over When I was out sick," he replied. "I tried to say hi to him and talk but he kind of left in a hurry and wouldn't speak to me."
"I hate to even ask but, is he the kind of person who would give Trent back to us if he learned the truth?"
"If you asked me that five years ago, I would've said yes. But now, I don't know who he is anymore so I can't really tell you."
"You we're supposed to be watching him," Mezagog said calmly as he tortured Elsa and Zeltrax. They we're both gripping their heads in pain as he continues to calmly speak to them.
"The white Ranger was our one weapon against Doctor Oliver. He was not supposed to find out about Trent's parentage until I deemed it time."
Mezagog sat at his throne-like chair and began to transform into Anton Mercer. He didn't seem in pain and out of breath like he usually did. He was calm, cold and very in control.
"Trent is my son until I don't need him anymore."