THE DAY JUST WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE
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Chapter 16
Lord Zedd didn't go back to the moon as he had wanted to have Tommy believe. Instead he went to Kimberly's room. Just like before he made sure to spell the door so that no one would enter and it could just be the two of them talking. Once inside the room he studied the young woman laying on the bed crying. Unable to keep himself from picturing Rita in the same situation he spoke "Kimberly"
At hearing her name she raised her head and followed the sound of the voice. Unable to believe her eyes all she could say is "Zedd?"
"Yes Kimberly it is I, Lord Zedd."
"What is it that you want?" she said as she dried her eyes. "If you are here to fight or capture me I'm afraid that you are in for a bit of a disappointment as I really don't want to engage in either right now."
"Pink Ranger I am not here for the reasons that you are thinking of. I am here to help."
"Help?" she said unable to believe her ears "Since when did you ever help?"
"Since my wife kidnapped you and Tommy. I am the one who helped get you back here. Now I am here to try and help mend your heart."
Even though she knew she shouldn't she somehow did believe that he did help get them out of that situation. She didn't know why he would but she needed some bit of truth to hold onto and so she took what he said on blind faith. So she sat up, dried her eyes, and said "Zedd I am afraid that there is nothing anyone can do to help. This is somehow beyond calling someone up and just needing to vent."
"I know that but what if I said that I do know of a spell that could help you?" As soon as he spoke he saw her shake her head no
"Lord Zedd I really do appreciate the offer but I don't want some spell that will dull or numb how I feel about my baby or the loss of it. It is all I have left and as much as I don't want to feel it I am not sure I want it to go away either."
He could understand where she was coming from. To her if she stopped feeling that she would take it to mean that she stopped caring and right now she didn't have enough in her to believe that the pain would fade but the love would not. "Kimberly you misunderstand me. I don't want to take the pain away but I do know of a spell that might make it easier for you. It won't dull or numb anything and you will always be in your own frame of mind. Are you game to find out? I promise you it will be nothing more than a sleep to anyone who comes in as I will need to put you in a short rest for this to work."
In her heart Kimberly knew that there was nothing that Zedd could do for her that could help. She wished he could and god help her Zedd looked like he sure wanted to.. should she let him? There really could be no harm in trying, after all she would not be in a worse way to let him try and who knows perhaps he could help in some way. At least he was here afterall. Not even Tommy has come in to see her and he was the baby's father. She knew her friends were here at one point but she had the nuses send them away as the information was to fresh and she felt to raw to see anyone right now. All she wanted was Tommy and I guess right now he just simply wasn't an option. "Yes Zedd I'm game."
With that Lord Zedd instructed her to lay down as she would as if she were sleeping. As soon as she did and she closed her eyes he touched one of his fingers to her head and immeaditely she fell asleep. "I will see you there pink ranger." Once he disappeared into her "dream" with her her hospital room door was once again unlocked.
************************ Inside Kimberly's mind **************************************************************
Kimberly looked around to a wide range of nothing. There was nothing around her at all so she didn't understand why Lord Zedd would send her here or why he thought it would help her. As she continued to ponder this Lord Zedd appeared right next to her causing her to slightly jump.
"Gosh you scared me Zedd." Kimberly said as she put a hand over her heart.
"Sorry about that pink ranger" Lord Zedd said. "I had thought I would get here at the same time you would."
"Where is here?" she wondered
"The location was never the point. I figured I would just let you imagine a spot that you are most comfortable and then give you the needed information from there."
"I get to pick?" she said as Lord Zedd nodded. Kimberly started to think and all of the sudden she knew. The park. The park is always where she felt more comfortable and secure. The next thing she knew what was once inside her head was all around her. She could even smell the fresh cut grass. "Is this spot okay?"
"Of course. I am not here to chose everything for you little one. I am simply here to introduce you to someone I have recently became let's say friends with."
Curious about who he was going to introduce her to she simply said "okay."
Lord Zedd looked away from her into the trees and called out "Emma! Emma are you here?" As soon as the words left his mouth Kimberly heard a childs delighted squeal as she watched an adorable little girl run and then jump into Lord Zedd's waiting arms. "I thought you would never come Zedd. I missed you." The little girl said
As Lord Zedd turned around with Emma in his arms so that Kimberly could see her. Shock captured Kimberly as she saw the little girls face. Emma was the perfect combination on Tommy and Kimberly. She had her mothers cute little smirk and her chin and she had Tommy's hair, nose, and serious eyes. Although her eyes were serious they did have a hint of playfulness in them too. Lord Zedd could clearly see the confusion on Kimberly's face and knew she must have guessed it by now so he decided to conform it before she could talk herself out of it. "Yes Kimberly this is your child. A bit of a more older version of the child that you have so recently lost. As soon as I heard about your loss I came here to meet with your child to help them understand that everything was going to be okay. However I do not know how to communicate or understand a baby so I decided to make her 3 years old that way we could understand one another."
"She, she is mine?"
"Of course" Lord Zedd said. Emma was still in his arms and watching the two with great interest. Finally she spoke "Zedd who is that?" she asked while pointing at Kimberly.
"Emma that is your mama." All Kimberly could hear after that is a delighted childs cry as Emma managed to get from Lord Zedd's arms and jump right into Kimberly's.
"Oh mama I missed you so much! Did you miss me?" Emma asked as she threw her arms around Kimberly's neck and pressed her face against Kimberly's cheek
"Oh baby" Kimberly cried into her daughters hair "I haven't been able to think of anyone else since I found out about you."
Lord Zedd could not help but feel delighted with how this was going. "Kimberly I remember hearing you once saying that if you ever had a daughter you wanted to name her Emma. So when I met her that is the name I gave her for you. You will have to complete her name of course but so far she seems thrilled at the Emma part at least."
Kimberly was truly touched by this wonderful gift that Lord Zedd had given her. She could at least for right now see and hold the little girl that she will be forever denied during her awake time. Kimberly walked over to Lord Zedd (with Emma still in her arms) and gave him as much of a hug as she could and she kissed his cheek. "Thank you Zedd. You have truly touched my heart and I could not think of anything better than spending time with Emma.
Kimberly kissed her daughter and then the three of them set off to play together for a while in the park.