"Tommy!" Kim yelled as she saw the explosion along with Hayley and Rocky. Aisha had run downstairs at the sound of her outburst and wondered what had happened. She knew it was never good when Kimberly yelled like that. "No…Tommy!"
"Shh, it's okay, everything will be fine," Rocky whispered as he wrapped his arms around her and she let out a gut wrenching cry. None of them could believe that they had just watched the best ranger known to man die, but as her cries continued, it seemed more real. They all could feel the pain that was coursing through her heart as she lost the man that she loved. "Shh, calm down, sweetie."
"He's gone," Kim managed as the sobs racked her body. Hayley, however, was watching the rangers, just in case things went from bad to worse. That was when she noticed the outline of a man emerge in front of the rangers.
"It'll be okay Kim, we're all here for you," Rocky said as she shook against him and could only manage to mutter incoherent sentences.
"You can't get rid of me that easily," Tommy said as he fully reappeared and Mesogogg could only stare. He was sure that had finished Tommy off, but obviously he had miscalculated the man.
"How did he do that?" Aisha asked in amazement as Kim looked up from Rocky's shoulder to see Tommy standing in front of the rangers.
"Another day Oliver," Mesogogg said as he disappeared and it was only then that Tommy collapsed to the ground. He was in pain from the strike that he had taken, but he knew that if he did not make a stand, Mesogogg would have stayed even longer.
"Dr. O!" Kira yelled as she kneeled beside him and she then rolled him over. "Stay with us Dr. O, come on."
"Get me home," Tommy managed as Conner and Ethan picked him up and they then felt Hayley teleport them away, with Kira quickly following them.
"Kim, go lay down upstairs," Rocky whispered as she barely nodded. For once she knew she couldn't stay at Tommy's side, it would just be too much. She needed to calm down some and then she would be fine to be around him. "He's going to be just fine, go lay down, Kim."
"Kira," Hayley began as Kira merely nodded and followed after her up the stairs.
"Tommy, come on, wake up," Rocky said as she shook his shoulder. Tommy then let out a very low groan as his eyes opened. This was definitely the shortest amount of time that Tommy had ever been knocked out, but he seemed to mostly be reeling from the injuries, not actually being affected by them.
"Where is she?" Tommy asked as he quickly sat up, but Rocky pushed him back down against the table. "Is she okay?"
"She's fine Tommy, take a second and get yourself together before you go see her," Rocky said as Tommy sat back up and covered his face. "They're fine Tommy, I promise."
"For how long?" Tommy asked as Rocky just shook his head. He wished he knew the answer, but he didn't, no one did. "I didn't mean to become a ranger again. I wanted to protect her from all of this."
"I know," Rocky said as Tommy hopped off the table as Ethan ad Conner stared at him. They had never thought that this meant that Dr. O was a ranger again. They had thought that he'd just pass the gem onto someone else like Trent.
"She's gonna kill me Rocky," Tommy said as Rocky smiled over at him.
"Maybe tomorrow, tonight she'll just be glad that you're alive," Aisha said as Tommy looked over at her. "You kinda disappeared for a little while back there."
"Great, I can turn invisible, that's why she's freaking out?" Tommy questioned as Aisha nodded her head yes. "Oh boy, I'll see you later. Thanks for coming Rocky."
"No problem, I think she was worried about going into labor early what with you being captured," Rocky said as Tommy looked down at his feet. He had not thought of that until this moment. "You couldn't help it, but it scared her Tommy, it really scared her."
"Kids, go home, I'll talk to you at school tomorrow," Tommy said as Conner and Ethan nodded. "Grab Kira on the way out."
"It's okay, Tommy," Aisha said as Tommy just shook his head no. There was no way that this could turn out okay in the end.
"He knows about the baby," Tommy whispered as they all looked at him. "Hayley, call Billy and see if the two of you can figure out something out together. Thanks again Rocky, I gotta go check on her."
"Tommy," Kim whispered with tears in her eyes as she heard the door open from downstairs.
"Hey," Tommy said as he sat down next to the couch. She was clutching a pillow to her and from what he could tell she was fighting not to sob. "It's okay, baby, but I have to tell you something else."
"You're a ranger again, aren't you?" Kim asked as Tommy nodded his head and the tears finally spilled over.
"Come here," Tommy whispered as he gently sat her up and then laid her head back down in his lap. "I'm sorry, I never planned for this to happen, but I saw the gem and I couldn't chance Mesogogg using it. I wanted to give it to Trent, but…well; you know what happened to stop that."
"I thought…I was sure that you had died," Kim managed as she wrapped her arms around him and started soaking his shirt with her tears. "I've never been so scared in my life."
"Yeah, me too," Tommy said as Kim forced herself to sit up and he smiled at her.
"I need something to eat Tommy, I haven't exactly eaten anything since I got home," Kim said as Tommy stood up and walked to the kitchen to grab her an apple. He'd start supper after she was able to get that in her system. "Thanks."
"What do you want?" Tommy asked as Kim looked back at him. She really didn't want to risk his cooking tonight, but she was too weak to do it herself. "What's that look for?"
"Can you get Ish or Hayley to cook? Sorry, but I don't want a half burnt piece of chicken tonight," Kim said as Tommy just nodded his head and then turned towards the Command Center. "Thanks."
"You never have to thank me Kim," Tommy said as Kim smiled back at him then she looked back at the apple and took a bite. She knew that all of this would sink in eventually, but right now she was just happy that he was alive. She had never in her life thought that all of this would happen, but now it had and she had to deal with it, somehow.