THE DAY JUST WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE

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Chapter 11

Once Kimberly was finished she rolled back over and faced Tommy once again. Tommy saw the blood and inside he was freaking out but he wanted to appear calm to Kim. Whatever was going on inside of her he didn't want to make worse by going into panic mode in front of her. He needed her to believe he would get her out of here. If he didn't panic yet neither would she.

"Kim you are really starting to worry me" he said while trying to keep his voice even.

Hours later

It was night time on the moon and Rita laid in bed next to Lord Zedd. He kept waiting for some sign that the rangers were coming for the two trapped teens but over the hours he heard nothing. The last time he checked they still had not been able to come up with any logical plan to enter their place. After checking on Rita one last time he knew she was safely asleep and now he could get up and check on the teens again.

Tommy kept checking up on Kim. She had long falled asleep hours ago but he couldn't help it. The blood scared him. He didn't know what was wrong with her but he needed her to make it out of here so he could get her to the hospital where she would be properly treated. While she was awake he wanted to ask her what she thought it could be since she is learning to become an RN but decided against it. If she thought it was something serious he didn't want her thinking thoughts like that. Not while she is in the current state she is in. Tommy kept holding her until he heard the door open to their cell. Taking the defensive stance he gently moved away from Kimberly and waited for whom ever was going to walk in.

Lord Zedd was surprised to walk in and to find Tommy standing there waiting. It was almost like he knew he was coming.

"Hello white ranger" said Zedd

"I am not the white ranger anymore Zedd. What do you want?"

"I know your not but I still think of you as such. The red just looks silly... Almost like you are a spokesman for Christmas."

"Zedd if you are here for insults I am simply not interested" said Tommy as he turned to walk back to Kimberly

Lord Zedd looked at the ranger and clearly said "What if I am here to help you escape?"

Tommy immeaditely turned around and stared at Zedd. He couldn't believe his ears. "You want to help us escape?"

"That is my intention yes" said Zedd calmly

"Why?" Tommy asked shocked

"Because I have long since wanted to retire. This was always Rita and Goldar's plan. I can see that Kimberly is very sick and unless I am mistaken she may not make it very longer. She needs help and you need to get her that."

"But I still don't understand. I love her and so long as their is a breath left in my body I will try and help her. What I don't understand is why not let Rita's plan go? If you are not a part of it than your hands are not dirty other than from doing nothing... why the sudden turn around?"

Lord Zedd didn't answer right away. Instead he looked at Tommy and wondered how much he should tell the younger man. Deciding to lay it all out there he sighed and said "because for a brief time I loved her too." Zedd saw the shock clearly on the younger mans face so he continued. "Then I married Rita and I fell in love with her. Yes she annoys me sometimes but no love is perfect. It is what it is. That is why she can't know I am helping you. Because if she does than I will stop."

Tommy nodded his understanding. "How weird it is to be here with Zedd talking like this" he thought.

Just then Zedd said "Well I am off to bed now. I only wanted to check on the two of you to make sure you had not escaped. I am not going to tell you that this door will not be closed all the way and I am not going to tell you that if you make a right outside this door and follow the hallway all the way to the end there is a portal on the wall that will be in front of you that will take you back to the park. Good night ranger."

Zedd turned around and took a few steps toward the door. He was almost to it when he heard Tommy ask "Can I trust you Zedd?"

Lord Zedd looked over his shoulder and said "Can I trust you not to tell my wife, Goldar, or the other rangers what I told you?" he shot back

Tommy nodded his head and Zedd said "Well I do believe you have my answer then. You can trust me as long as I trust you. I must warn you though that the portal will only be open for 10 minutes and since I am not usually awake at this time I don't know if you will face Goldar or not. If you do it won't be because I told him where you are." With that Zedd walked out of the room.

Ten minutes that is not a lot of time thought Tommy. The first thing he did was set a ten minute alarm on his watch. That way he would know how much time they had left while they walked down the hallway. Kimberly was never going to be able to walk so Tommy picked her up and walked out of the cell with her. After they had taken the right Tommy was on the alert for anyone but he was also walking quickly. They made good time down the hallway and were about twelve feet away when Goldar had stepped out in front of them as another hallway had lead to this one as well. Shock was written all over Goldars face and Tommy used that element of surprise to lay Kimberly down on the floor. He thought he had been gentle in doing so but him setting her down was enough to wake her. In taking the time to lay her down Goldar got a good hit it injuring Tommy on the one side. Then it was on as Tommy and Goldar started to fight. They were both getting in some pretty good hits when Tommy knocked him down. He knew that he didn't have a lot left in him. It had been hours since he had anything to eat or drink and he had already taken a good hit by Goldar. Looking quick at his watch he noticed that they only had 3 minutes left to make it to the portal. Looking around for anything heavy he found a big stone block. Goldar was starting to get up and Tommy needed to knock him out. So he did the only thing he could do he picked up the block and hit him in the head with it successfully knocking him out.

Tommy rushed over to Kimberly and tried to pick her up. He tried as hard as he could but he was in pain himself and he could only partly carry her. "Kim look at me" said Tommy urgently "we need to get to that wall within the next three minutes or we will be trapped here longer. I want to carry you but I am not going to be able to. The best I can do is help you walk there."

Kimberly understood his words and tried very hard to stand up. But she was unable to as her pain was so great. Tommy had no choice but to help her stand. But as soon as she was standing she started to slide to the floor. He caught her but barely. "Remember I can't lift you. You need to walk."

She nodded her understanding and really tried. Tommy watched her face as she leaned onto him and took the small steps that she did. She was clearly in so much pain that by looking at her you would have thought she was being torn in two. They were only a foot away from the door when Kimberly said "Tommy I can't."

"Yes you can Kim. All I need is three more steps. Come on Kim I know you have it in you." Tommy snuck another glance at his watch and saw they had only a minute left.

"No Tommy. Just leave me here."

"No Kim. They want us gone. They always intend to kill us. We need to leave and leave now"

"Tommy" she begged "please just leave me then. Please just let me die."

"No way now give me those three steps. We only have twenty seconds left."

He didn't know how they made it or how Kim managed to take those three steps but they did and they landed in the park. Pulling out his cell phone from his pocket he called for an ambulance before they both passed out.