"Kimberly, how are you?" Sandra Oliver asked as she walked in and walked over to Kim and threw her arms around her. "You've gotten so big!"
"Thanks," Kim said as Sandra looked at her and saw that she was exhausted.
"You sit and I'll go fix supper, when's Tommy going to be home?" Sandra asked as her husband walked in with groceries and nodded towards Kim with a smile on his face.
"He said he was going to try to get here by five," Kim said as she pushed herself off the couch and waddled into the kitchen to help.
"Uh-uh missy, you are going to go right back in there and sit down," Sandra said as Kim looked over at her as if she had lost her mind. "Tommy told me what the doctor's said and you have got to be careful."
"I've been watching TV all day, I'm a little bit tired of doing nothing," Kim said as Sandra folded her arms and Kim turned and waddled back to the living room, as she knew that she had lost the battle this time. She might have been able to argue her way out of it with Jack, but she knew she would get nowhere with Sandra.
"Sandy, the poor girl needs to feel like she can do something," Jack said as she looked over at him. "She's never been one to take things sitting down and now she has to, it wouldn't hurt to let her help you cook."
"But it could Jack and the last thing I want is to have to rush her to the hospital because she's gone into premature labor, that's why Tommy asked us to come up for a few days, to help her get used to all of this. He'd kill us if something happened to her," Sandra said as Jack just shook his head.
"And here I was thinking it was because he needed help decorating," Jack said as Sandra just shook her head. That was only what he said, she believed that it was more to look after Kim than anything else. "I'm going to go take care of the pregnant woman, you cook all you want."
"Thanks sweetie," Sandra said as Jack smiled back at her before walking into the living room to sit with his pregnant, almost daughter-in-law.
"Hey Kim," Jack said as Kim looked over at him, slightly exhausted from her day of doing nothing. At that exact moment the phone rang and she quickly answered it, only to slam it back down and excuse herself to their bedroom.
"Who was that?" Sandra asked as Jack shrugged his shoulders. Kim had said no more than 'hello' before she hung up the phone and waddled away.
"Are you alone now?" Jason asked as Kim sat down on the bed and took in a deep breath. She had heard this voice from Jason before, but it had been a very long time and it honestly scared her. There was no reason that he should be this panicked about something, Mesogogg had left him alone since the day that he had attacked him and Trini.
"Yeah, I am. What's going on?" Kim asked as she gently ran her hand over her belly and tried to remain calm. The last thing that she needed was to go into labor because Jason stressed her out.
"Trini's missing and I haven't been able to get in touch with Tommy or any of the others, for some reason," Jason said as Kim clutched the bedspread and tried to calm herself, this did not sound good. "I know this isn't a good time, but can you at least get the kids together to look for her?"
"Are you sure that Mesogogg had something to do with this?" Kim asked as she did not want to start a full scale ranger search if it was not necessary.
"I'm positive Kimberly, please help me," Jason muttered as Kim nodded. She now felt another contraction and forced herself not to groan, as to keep the Oliver's in the dark about what was happening.
"I'll call Tommy and try to get him on it, but his parents are here and we can't exactly explain why people are showing up for no reason," Kim said as Jason nodded on the other end of the phone. He could hear something else in her voice, but he did not know what it was.
"Okay Kim, is something wrong?" Jason asked as she let out a moan and he just shook his head, that was not something that was supposed to happen. "Kim?"
"I'm going into labor Jason, I don't think Tommy is going to be able to help you," Kim muttered as she stifled another cry and was surprised when Tommy walked into their bedroom and placed his arms around her. "Tommy, Trini's been captured."
"And you?" Tommy asked as he looked between the phone and the mother of this child.
"I'm in labor Tommy, it's not going away this time," Kim said as Tommy barely nodded and then took the phone from her.
"Jase, I'll do what I can. Call Billy and get him on it, I've got to get her to the hospital," Tommy said as Jason responded with a 'uh-huh' and he promptly hung up. "Can you walk?"
"I don't want to deliver here Tommy," Kim said, desperately as Tommy nodded and then picked her up and carried her through the front of the house.
"Is something wrong?" Sandra asked as Kim let out a pain filled cry and she looked over at her.
"You might become grandparents tonight," Tommy said as he continued to walk, thankful that he had left his keys in his pocket instead of emptying them like normal. "Dad, can you drive behind us and explain if the cops try to stop us?"
"Of course," Jack said as Sandra ran around the kitchen turning off various appliances. "Have you called her doctor?"
"I can do it once we get to the car," Kim said as Tommy nodded and continued while his parents hurried after them. They all knew it was too soon, but Kim was in so much pain that it was obvious she was going to have the baby whether they liked it or not.
"Here you go," Tommy said, passing her the phone as he walked around to the other side of the car, trying to keep his nerves calm. It was far too early for her to be in labor, but he did not want to mention that, he was sure that the thought had crossed her mind as well.
"Hello?" Rocky said from his dinner table as he picked up the phone.
"Rocky, I need you to meet us at the hospital," Kim managed before she let out a moan and Rocky jumped up from the table and ran for his keys.
"How bad are they Kim?" Rocky asked as Aisha followed behind him and he turned around long enough to give her a quick kiss.
"Pretty bad, Rocky," Kim managed before she screamed and passed the phone over to Tommy.
"Kim?" Rocky questioned as Tommy just shook his head. "Tommy, how long between contractions?"
"Not very long Rocky, a couple of minutes at most," Tommy said as Rocky cursed and he looked over at Kimberly, who was clinging to the seatbelt, trying not to scream again.
"Just get her here Tommy, I'm on my way," Rocky said as he tried to close the door behind him, but found Aisha walking outside with a coat in hand. "Ish, you don't want to come."
"That's my friend that is in premature labor, I want to be there, Rocky," Aisha said as Rocky nodded. He knew better than to argue with her when she used that tone. He just did not want anymore stressed placed on her shoulders, considering what had happened the last two times they were pregnant.
"Come on Kimberly, I need you to push for me," Rocky said, quietly, as he looked up at the exhausted woman. He knew that she did not have much energy left and although the baby was early, she was still big for Kimberly's body.
"I can't, Rocky," Kim whimpered as Rocky gave Tommy a meaningful look and he bent down next to her and gently brushed back her saturated hair from her face.
"You can Kimberly, look at me," Tommy gently commanded as her eyes met his and a smile tugged at the corners of his lips. She was so scared and in so much pain, but she still could concentrate on him, somehow. "You can do this, just hold onto me, I'm not going to leave you."
"Okay," Kim whimpered as the next contraction began and she began to push, giving an almighty scream of agony as the baby's head pushed out.
"Hold on for a second," Rocky said as he cleaned out the baby's airway and checked for the umbilical cord around her neck. "Okay, one more good push Kim."
The scream that emanated from her lips made everyone in the room except Tommy and Rocky cringe. Although the baby was close to three months early, it had been a trying delivery of around eighteen hours, which had given them enough time to get some medicine to the baby that would hopefully help.
"You've got a baby girl," Rocky said with a smile as he looked over at Tommy, who was silently surveying the situation. "You get to cut the cord and then we'll have to take her to the NICU."
"Can I hold her?" Kim asked, desperately, as Rocky looked over at Tommy as he quickly cut the cord, trying to give Kim a precious few seconds with their daughter. "I'm so sorry I couldn't hold onto you longer."
"She just wanted to make an early appearance," Tommy said with a good natured chuckle as Kim looked up at him and the baby in her arms began crying as she was passed back to Tommy before being swept off by the nurses.
"Just let me get you cleaned up down here and then we'll see about letting you go see her," Rocky said as Kim nodded, but Tommy could see that she was too exhausted to do much of anything.
"I'm going to go tell our parents," Tommy whispered in her ear as she barely nodded as her eyes were already starting to drift closed.
"Tommy, how are they?" Sandra asked as she walked up to him and he smiled over at her.
"You have a granddaughter," Tommy announced as he was hugged by his mother as well as Kimberly's. "She's going to be in the NICU, but hopefully that won't last long."
"How's Kimberly?" Beth asked as Tommy looked down at her.
"She's tired, she had a hard time with the delivery," Tommy said as Beth nodded. They had all thought that might happen with her frame. "If you don't mind, I want to get back to her."
"Go, we'll see you later," Jack said as Tommy nodded, glad that at least his father understood the need he had to be with Kimberly right now. He wanted to be able to hold her in his arms and worship her for everything that she had just given him, for all the pain she had suffered and every bit of pain that was to come.
"Tommy," Rocky said, tentatively, as he walked up to him in the hallway. "You okay?"
"Yeah, just…I'm kinda shocked by the fact that she's here," Tommy said with a half smile as Rocky laughed.
"Congrats, now I need to get my wife home and into bed. She's been so worried about Kimberly that she hasn't been able to sleep herself," Rocky said as Tommy barely nodded. He was sure that Rocky had had to pull Aisha away from Kimberly's bed to get him this time alone and he was thankful for it. The last thing he needed was for someone to get in the way of what he needed to do. "I'll call up Billy and see about what he has been able to find on Trini, don't worry about that Tommy."
"Thanks," Tommy said as Rocky just nodded. He knew that the new father was going to need some time to be able to be with Kimberly and the baby before he could go back to work and being a ranger mentor as well.