"Tommy, are you okay?" Kim asked as she walked up to him and he just shook his head. He had had this horrible feeling about what was going on here. He hadn't felt like this in ages, but for some reason he felt like it today. Jenny was playing on the merry-go round with a couple of little girls that were also at the park, but he had a feeling that none of this would last. Something was about to crash in on their happiness and he didn't want to say that Kim. He wanted for her to be able to be all right. "What's wrong?"
"I just have a bad feeling about all of this Kim," Tommy said as she looked over at him and he reached out and held her hand. "I feel like everything is about to crash down around us."
"Yeah, I feel the same," Kim said as Tommy looked up to the sky and she looked over at him, wondering what he was thinking. She could tell that whatever it was, was not something that she wanted to hear, but it was something that she would have to deal with. "What is it?"
"What have we gotten ourselves into Kim?" Tommy asked as Kim looked over at him, not quite following what he was talking about. She was sure that it made sense on some subconscious level, but right now she was thinking in a very straightforward fashion. "They won't let us go after the power that would free us. What have we gotten ourselves into?"
"Don't worry, Andros and I have been planning for an attempt for the last few years. It became obvious to the two of us that I, at the very least, could not keep sacrificing my life like this in order to save the world. We planned that we would go on the mission as soon as we had a stable ranger team on Earth and after we get those three trained, we should be good to go," Kim said as her eyes drifted towards Jenny, who was now climbing on the jungle gym.
"Does that we include me or just the two of you?" Tommy asked as there was a clap of thunder in the bright sky and Kim quickly got to her feet and started heading towards the jungle gym, leaving Tommy confused. "Kim…"
"We have to leave…" Kim called back to him as Jenny had dropped from the monkey bars and was now trying to find her way to Kim, amongst the kids that were still playing.
"Mommy!" Jenny cried as she couldn't see Kim, but as she heard the second clap of thunder she became more worried, as the other kids were being picked up by their parents and taken away. They didn't like the eerie feeling that this weather was bringing and Kim didn't like it for other reasons. She knew what was coming and she had to stop it.
"You have a beautiful child, Kimberly," Mesogogg said as he landed next to Jenny and in a moment both Kim and Tommy knew what was going to happen. There was no way she could get out of reach in the next few seconds and no way that they could reach her as well, even though Tommy was now running at a full sprint and Kim was also running towards them, trying to get Jenny out of the way, but the child was terrified.
"Leave her out of this," Tommy said, menacingly, as Mesogogg looked over at him and sneered. He then reached for the girl's hand and Jenny tried to pull away, but he had a firm grip on her.
"Why don't you come with Uncle Mesogogg for a little while?" Mesogogg said as Jenny continued to try to scramble away from him, but she couldn't. Tommy knew that if she could just hold out for a few more moments, that he would plow down Mesogogg and Kim could get Jenny out of the way. "Good bye now."
"No!" Tommy yelled as he had been sailing through the air towards Mesogogg and Kim had been about to reach for Jenny, but all they did was go through air.
"No…" Kim muttered as she stared at where her child had been moments before and then fell to her knees as Tommy made his way over to her and pulled her in tight. "This can't be happening…"
"We'll get her back, don't worry," Tommy whispered as he looked around and saw that some of the families were starting to emerge and many of them were giving them sympathetic, yet grateful looks. At least their child was safe and that was all they cared about.
"I don't know if I can do this, Tommy," Kim said as he picked her up and she managed to walk a few steps on her own before he had to completely take her in his arms. This was always her worst fear and for it to be realized now, was cruel and she didn't know if she could take it right now. She didn't know if she could deal with it and everything else that was happening in her life.
"We'll be all right," Tommy whispered as he kissed her forehead and walked into a well secluded grove, so that they could teleport away. He could feel her shaking in his arms and he was scared as well, but he knew that he had to hold on. He had to hold himself together, because one of them had to be calm and be able to understand what was going on.
"What are you doing back?" Andros asked as they landed in the middle of the Command Center and he heard the dry sob released from Kim's throat as she clung to Tommy and her entire body shook.
"They took her..." Kim managed to get out as Andros' eyes widened and he walked over to the communicator panel and began pulling up every bit of information that had been gathered over the past few hours. He had just gotten back and was hoping for a good rest, so he hadn't even had time to look at it yet.
"We'll find her," Tommy said as she continued to cling to his body and he picked her up and placed her on the console, so that they were about at eye level with each other. "It's going to be okay, Kim. I promise."
"This isn't my expertise, Tommy," Andros said as he had begun doing scans and Tommy nodded. He knew that Andros was good as surveillance, but this had always been something that they would call Billy or one of their other experts in for.
"Do you have any way to get Billy?" Tommy asked as Andros looked over at him, semi-shocked that he would mention him. He had not had many reasons to call up the best technological ranger that had ever lived, but he could see that Tommy believe that if Andros was going to have trouble, then they needed to have the lone ranger he trusted there. He couldn't lose his child after just finding out that he had one.
"We do Andros. I never told you about it but Billy has a jump transport set up here at just the press of a button. You just need to contact him," Kim managed as Tommy looked over at her and saw the tears that continued to fall down her face.
"I hoped I would never have to use that," Billy said as he landed in the Space Center and looked over to see that Kim had wrapped Tommy up tightly and was holding onto him like he was the only person left in the world and for her, he was. "Did I miss something?"
"Yeah, a couple of things," Tommy said as Kim lifted her head from Tommy's chest and she looked over at Billy.
"They took Jenny, Billy," Kim whispered as Billy's facial expressions fell and he looked up at Tommy, wondering if he knew that it was his daughter and saw the pain that was enough to confirm that he did, indeed, know the truth. "They took my baby."
"How much have you found?" Billy asked as he stepped over to Andros and Andros just shook his head. He hadn't been able to find a single trace, on Jenny or Mesogogg. He couldn't tell Kim and Tommy that, but he felt so helpless with the way that things were looking. "Contact the ranger team and take the two of them to his house. I'll contact you when I find something."
"I want to stay, Billy," Kim insisted as Tommy nodded his own agreement that he didn't want to leave.
"I need the two of you to brief the rangers on what has happened and by then I should have some idea of where we need to start, but just trust me with all of this," Billy said as Tommy felt Kim release her and he eased away from her for a moment as Kim walked over to Billy.
"She's my child Billy, I can't just let you do this and not be here to help. She wouldn't be in this mess if I hadn't become what I am," Kim said as she began crying again and Tommy forced his eyes closed as his own tears spilled and Andros reached over and put a hand on his shoulder. It was killing him to know that a five year old was now in Mesogogg's labyrinth, but he doubted that he really wanted Jenny. It was more likely that an ultimatum would come where he asked for Kimberly or Tommy. He knew that both would leave the moment it was asked, to save their child. He just hoped it wouldn't come to that.
"I'll go…" Tommy managed to force out as Billy looked over at him as he hastily wiped his eyes and pressed the teleportation code before he lost his nerve. He had only known that Jenny was his child for a couple of days, he shouldn't feel so attached, but he did and he felt it tearing at his soul that he was the one delegated to go tell the rangers that they now had to save their child.
"Tom…my," Kim said as he disappeared and she saw the hurt expression and closed her eyes to block out the tears that were sure to come.
"He's been through worse, Kim. He'll be able to keep himself in check and tell them," Billy said, as Kim looked over at him. She knew exactly what worse had been for Tommy and she hated knowing that she had caused all of it.
"Just find my baby," Kim said as Billy nodded. He knew that he would have to have that conversation with her later. He could see that the two of them were already more involved than they had been in years, but Kim had to remember the feelings that Tommy would go through.
He had missed so much of Jenny's short life already and right now, he was hurting. Kim was being possessive that it was her child, but she forgot it was his as well. The fact was, it hadn't been until a few days ago and she didn't think that Tommy would adjust so quickly to being the father. How wrong she had been about that, but there was nothing she could do as Billy began searching with every method that he knew and Kim silently peered in on Tommy as he sat down in his living room and waited for the rangers to arrive. She could tell by the way he was sitting and the fact that he was covering his face that he was crying, but somehow he'd get through this. Tommy was the strong one, they both knew that all too well.