"Dr. O, are you all right?" Kira asked as she was the first to arrive and could see the distress clearly in his features. She had never imagined seeing Dr. O like this, but she also had never expected to become a ranger, so it wasn't a first unexpected thing to happen in the last few days.

"No, they took Jenny," Tommy whispered as Kira's eyes widened and she fought to not hug him as he ran his fingers through his hair in utter frustration. He had never thought that he would live to see this day. He had thought that his child would be safe, he had thought that he could protect her, but he had been wrong, he had been so wrong.

"Where is she, what can we do to help?" Kira asked as Tommy looked over at her. He did not know the answer for her questions, but he felt it in his gut. He knew that this was something that only he and Kim could do. They couldn't really allow the others to help them. It was their child, their responsibility and they were not going to shove that off on anyone else because it was convenient.

"There's nothing you can do to help, we just had to have the decency to tell you what was going on and to let you know that you might be asked to hold down the fort for a little while," Tommy said as Kira gave him a skeptical look. She couldn't really believe what he was saying. They had to be able to help them somehow, otherwise he wouldn't be here.

"You mean that you're both going to go get her?" Kira asked as Tommy nodded his head yes. He certainly did not plan on letting Kim go in there by herself, considering everything that he knew about the situation. "I can tell Conner and Ethan when they get here, go be with Kim."

"She doesn't want me there right now," Tommy barely muttered as Kira stared at him and felt the gut wrenching pain that he was in. She didn't know if Kim blamed Tommy, but she could hazard a guess that it just hurt to be there with him right now.

"I'm sure that she does Dr. O, it's just hard to deal with it all right now," Kira said as Tommy barely nodded, but all he wanted to do was to be there with her and hold her. He needed to hold her, he needed to be able to keep her close and let her tears wash over him as he cried himself, but he couldn't do that when she didn't want him.

"Hard is an understatement, Kira," Tommy said, quietly, as Conner and Ethan walked in to see that Dr. O's eyes were puffy and he seemed extremely distressed. They didn't know what to do and they didn't have a clue what was going on, but they could tell by Kira's expression that it was nothing good.

"Tommy…" Kim's voice echoed over his communicator as he looked down at it and closed his eyes. He was sure that whatever she said next, he didn't want to hear.

"Yes," Tommy answered, as steadily as he could manage as his eyes filled with tears and he forced back a painful sob.

"Come back, please," Kim begged as he could hear the strain in her voice and fought to keep his own composure as Andros materialized out of no where and pressed his communicator for him. He had not been sure what Tommy would to, but he was sure that the man did not need to keep Kim waiting any longer.

"Now…let's get down to business," Andros said as the rangers merely nodded. They were not too sure who this man was, but sure enough that they didn't want to have to see him again unless he was helping them fight a desperate battle.

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"I've found her," Billy said as Tommy landed next to them and had to reorient himself to the space. He couldn't help but be surprised that Billy had managed this so quickly, but it was Billy, he should have known that he could pull off a miracle.

"But we can't get to her, Tommy," Kim said as she let out a ragged breath and he looked over at her and then down at the floor as he sat in the chair on the opposite side of Billy. He had been so stupid to give so much of himself back over to her so quickly, they shouldn't have done what they did. They should have left themselves as friends for awhile.

"There has to be a way," Tommy said, determinedly as Kim held back a sob as she looked over at Tommy and saw the stiffness that had come back into his posturing. He didn't want for her to be anywhere near him right now. She had hurt him far too badly, by not even giving him the option to stay and help out. She had delegated that he be the one to tell the rangers.

"Yeah, the kids can go," Billy said as Tommy's eyes widened and he just shook his head as he looked over at Billy. He trusted the kids, but he also knew that they knew nothing about rescuing someone in a situation like this. Between the three of them there were probably around twenty rescue attempts, but that was where it all ended. "You don't have a choice Tommy, you have to trust them. That's what Andros is telling them right now. I'll give the two of you a minute, but not anymore. You have to make some decisions, quickly."

"Tommy…please…I'm sorry. I've been her only parent for so long, I forgot how you'd feel…please…don't," Kim begged as he looked over at her and saw the new tears ready to fall, only this time they weren't for Jenny, they were for the fear of losing him. She didn't know if she could take that right now.

"I can't believe," Tommy whispered as he looked down and the tears fell. "I couldn't stop him from taking her…I've never…except with you…"

"I know," Kim whispered as she wrapped her arms around him and he cried on her shoulder as he felt her break down and sob as well. "I'm so sorry, Tommy."

"Guys, I hate to break this up, but we've got to do something, soon," Billy said as Tommy looked up at him and nodded. Billy knew what he was nodding about as Tommy turned his attention back to Kimberly and began trying to calm her down. "Andros, they've agreed to it."

"You've got to be kidding," Andros said as he looked over at the young rangers, who were rather confused. "They let you talk them into that?"

"They don't know, but it's better this way," Billy said as Andros somehow managed to nod and then cut of the communication. He had a lot to explain to the young rangers and not a lot of time to do it in.

"What was that about?" Conner asked as Andros just shook his head. These kids were not going to like what was being said.

"The three of you going to rescue Jenny from Mesogogg," Andros said as their mouth's dropped open, at least they hadn't failed him with being honestly shocked about what was being asked of them.

"You've got to be kidding," Conner said as Andros just shook his head. He was deadly serious about what was being asked of them and they had to perform now, because if they didn't, then Jenny was going to pay.

"I'm not kidding, it's time that you step up and help them out," Andros said as the rangers barely nodded and Kira looked at him nervously, and he gave her a sympathetic look.

"Why can't they go?" Kira asked, suspiciously, as Andros just looked over at her as Conner's communicator beeped.

"We'll explain everything to you when you get back here, but until then, you have to go get her for us, because we can't and we can't just sit back and let them take her away," Tommy's voice echoed and the rangers immediately dropped the remaining questions that that they had. They could tell that if they waited much longer he would teleport down there and give them a firm piece of his mind. They didn't know if they were ready for that sort of confrontation, so they were just going to be good and do what they had to do.

"Let's go," Kira said as they all nodded and then were teleported out as Andros just let out a sigh.

"I hope you know what they are getting into Billy," Andros said as he shook his head and just stood there. He didn't think he could go face Kim and Tommy right now, but he didn't want to stay here either. A child that he had watched grow up was now captured by a monster that they could not stop. He didn't know how to react to this, he didn't know what he needed to do in order to try to help Kim and Tommy, if he even could. It was something that he just didn't know how to deal with and he didn't think he would ever learn how to.