Author's note: I know, I know, how evil of me to leave you with yet another cliffhanger. But I do so love keeping you wanting more of this story and I took so long in updating that I just had to make the last chapter a good one.
HarryPassionFan: I'm glad you liked the last chapter, I sure made you wait long enough for it. Read on to learn Tommy's fate.
Riverkirby: Will the baby or Nikki be able to heal Tommy? You'll just have to read on to learn what happens. As for the baby having rangerness, with as many rangers as Tommy's been I'd say the baby has a fair shot at maybe following in daddy's footsteps. But that would be another story altogether.
PrettyDiva: Girl, your review brought such a smile to my face. I don't think you're Looney at all. Celebrate away that Drake is gone. I was just as happy when you finally got rid of Dawn. And I have to agree with you that Tommy is one fine specimen. Why else would I write so many stories about him?
Traci26: Sorry, if you've read this story you know that I love ending the chapters with a cliffhanger. And yes, it would be a shame if Nikki were to lose Tommy after all of this. The outcome is just a scroll away.
GinaStar: You know me, it wouldn't be right if I didn't end with a cliffhanger.
Slytherin-Angel44: I know, I know, you probably want to kill me for leaving you hanging and wondering whether Tommy is really dead. Wonder no longer, the answer is coming up in this chapter.
Ron-Emmy-4ever: Ah, you think of Tommy as your brother, that's sweet. I'd like to pretend that he's my imaginary boyfriend. LOL Trust me you're probably not the only one who wants to kill me after that ending.
ThePink1atReefside: Yeah, I just love leaving cliffhangers at the end of my chapters. As for whether Tommy will live or die. You'll have to keep reading.
"Why are you all just standing there?" Nikki asked her family as they just stood by watching her kneel over Tommy's body.
"Because there's nothing we can do for him now," Phoebe said.
"No, no, don't you say that, I can't accept that," Nikki told her.
"I just don't get it, I mean I thought everything was supposed to go back to normal once we vanquished Drake, how come we're still in our wedding attire shouldn't time have reversed itself by now," Henry Jr. said.
"Maybe time won't fix itself until Nikki let's go of Tommy," Chris replied.
"This is so awful, Tommy wasn't even supposed to be here," Sami said.
"It's my fault, if I hadn't gone back to Reefside I never would have told Tommy what was happening and everything would have gone back to the way it was supposed to be, this is all my fault," Nikki cried.
"No, this is not your fault, Drake did this, you couldn't have known that Tommy was going to show up," Paige said as she knelt down beside her daughter.
"Of course I should have known, that's who Tommy is, he never would have stayed put when he knew his wife and child were in danger, I never should have married him in the first place, I should have never asked him to become a part of this life," Nikki sobbed.
"He loved you Nikki and he accepted this life because of that love and it was that love that created the baby that's inside of you," Phoebe told her.
"A lot of good that love will be now that he's dead," Nikki said.
"I know it's hard to understand but maybe it was just his time to go," Paige told her.
"But why would they do that to us, why would they let me fall in love with him in the first place if they knew he was just going to die anyway?" Nikki asked.
"I don't know honey, I just don't know," Paige said as she put her arms around Nikki.
"It's just not fair, we didn't even have that much time together and what about our baby, doesn't this baby deserve to grow up with two parents," Nikki said.
"You're right this baby does deserve to grow up with two parents," a voice said.
"Sam, what are you doing here?" Paige asked her whitelighter father when he orbed onto the scene.
"The elders sent me," he replied.
"Grandpa please, you have to bring him back, Mom, Wyatt and Chris have already tried but they couldn't do it," Nikki told him.
"That's because they weren't meant to save him," Sam replied.
"But you were right, I mean that's why they sent you, you're here to save him," she said.
"No Nikki, I'm afraid it's not meant for me to save him either," Sam told her.
"Then why the hell did you come, to tell me to let go because I will not do that," Nikki said.
"The only one who can save him is you," Sam answered.
"But I can't," Nikki said.
"Have you even tried?" Sam questioned.
"No, but why would I, I don't have my healing powers yet," Nikki replied.
"Nikki, have you forgotten how your mother finally received her healing powers?" Sam asked.
"She got them when my dad was shot, she saved him," Nikki replied.
"That was the day I finally realized how much your father meant to me," Paige said.
"It was because she finally admitted how much she loved him," Sam replied.
"But I already know how much I love Tommy," Nikki told him.
"Then use that love to tap into your powers," he said.
"But what if it doesn't work and it's been too long to bring him back," Nikki said.
"Trust in your love, if your love with Tommy is truly strong then nothing will be able to prevent it from bringing him back to you," Paige replied.
"Listen to your mother she knows what she's talking about," Sam said.
"I love you, do you hear that, I love you and need you to come back to me, there's still so much we have to do together, starting with our son or daughter, this baby needs you, please come back to us," Nikki said as she placed her hands on Tommy and they began to glow.
"Oh my gosh, it's actually working," Sami remarked.
The next morning, Nikki pulled the covers over her head as the sunlight began to pour in her window. She reached beside her and found that she was alone.
"No, it couldn't have been a dream, could it," she wondered as she jumped from the bed and ran out into the hallway.
"Whoa, watch it sis," Henry Jr. said when she nearly knocked him over.
"Where's Tommy?" she asked.
"He's downstairs in the kitchen with Mom, what's the big hurry," he replied as Nikki continued running.
"Tommy, Tommy, where are you!" Nikki shouted once she was downstairs.
"Nikki, sweetheart, what's with all the yelling," Henry Sr. asked from the living room.
"I need to find Tommy," she said.
"He's in the kitchen, he didn't want to wake you up," her father replied as Nikki ran into the kitchen.
"Good morning Nikki," Paige said when Nikki entered the kitchen where she and Tommy were eating.
"Oh Tommy, thank goodness you're alright," Nikki said as she ran and put her arms around him.
"Yeah I'm fine, are you ok," he said.
"Yeah, I'm just so happy that things are finally back to normal and you are alive and well," Nikki told him.
"Of course I'm alive, why wouldn't I be?" he asked.
"Sweetheart did you have a bad dream or something?" Paige questioned.
"Wait, you mean you guys don't remember anything?" Nikki asked.
"What exactly are we supposed to remember?" Tommy inquired.
"Um, how about the fact that Drake changed time so that we never met, not to mention the fact that I almost married him and we vanquished him and he killed you but thanks to me getting my healing powers you're ok," Nikki answered.
"Nikki, are you sure this wasn't a dream because I don't remember anything you're talking about," Tommy said.
"That makes two of us," Paige said.
"I can't believe this, why am I the only one who remembers," Nikki said.
"Remembers what?" Piper said as she came through the back door.
"Ok fine, if that's how you all want to play it, family meeting now," Nikki said.
Awhile later, the entire family was assembled in Piper's attic where Nikki relayed to them the story of Drake's spell and how he had changed time.
"I can't believe this, so Drake is finally gone for good," Sami remarked after Nikki finished telling the story.
"I still don't get why Nikki's the only one who noticed that things were different," Chris said.
"Or why she's the only one who remembers," Pricilla chimed in.
"Nikki, are you sure you didn't leave anything out, I mean there must have been a reason that only you remember what happened," Paige said.
"Actually, I did sort of leave something out but I think I'd like to tell my husband first this time," Nikki replied with a smile.
"Nikki, what's going on?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah sis, what are you hiding," Sami replied.
"I promise I'll fill the rest of you in later but right now my husband and I are leaving," Nikki said as she grabbed Tommy's hand and orbed them back to her bedroom.
"Ok, so what is it that you need to tell me?" Tommy asked once they were back in their bedroom.
"Maybe you should sit down for this," Nikki told him.
"Come on Nikki, between finding out that time changed and I was dating another woman not to mention the fact that your demon boyfriend is now gone, I can't imagine what else you could possibly have to say that would surprise me," Tommy replied.
"I'm pregnant, how's that for surprises," Nikki said.
"Did you just say you're pregnant?" Tommy asked as he sat down on the bed.
"That's what I said," she answered.
"But how, when, I mean I know how, are you sure about this," he said.
"Very sure, the baby's the reason I was able to figure out what Drake did because I was already pregnant before he changed the timeline I just didn't know it yet," Nikki told him.
"A baby, wow, I am definitely surprised," Tommy said.
"I know it's a lot sooner than we expected, I mean we haven't even been married a year yet, are you ok with this," Nikki replied.
"Are you kidding, of course I'm ok with this, we're having a baby," Tommy said as he pulled Nikki into his arms and kissed her.
"I am so glad I got to tell you this news again," Nikki said and laughed.
"I guess I didn't take it so well in the other time?" he asked.
"No but who could blame you I mean we were practically strangers then," Nikki replied.
"I love you so much, you are going to be the most beautiful pregnant woman," Tommy said as he hugged her again.
"Yeah about this whole pregnancy thing, I should warn you, pregnancies in this family are far from normal, I don't want you get scared off if crazy things start happening," Nikki told him.
"I stuck with you this long, I think I can handle pretty much anything," Tommy replied.
"You say that now but don't say I didn't warn you," Nikki told him.
"Come on let's go tell the family our happy news," Tommy said.