"What time is it?" Tommy asked, as he rolled over in the uncomfortable hospital bed to find Kimberly staring at him from the chair situated beside it. He had no idea that he had somehow forced her out of the bed, but obviously he had. "Kim…I'm so sorry, I just…I haven't slept in a couple of days."
"I know," Kim whispered as she gingerly stood up and he then scooted over to allow her to get back in bed, but she just shook her head that that was not what she wanted. "Come see our daughter with me."
"Kim…" Tommy started as he saw her face fall and he bit down on his bottom lip. He knew that he should be helping Jason look for Trini at the moment, instead of sleeping, but his body had given up on him. Now, he was contemplating whether or not to catch a few more minutes rest instead of seeing his own child. Something was definitely wrong with this picture and he knew it. "Give me a second."
"Okay," Kim whispered as she looked over at him. "They found her."
"Trini?" Tommy asked as Kimberly nodded her head that that was the case. "Thank God."
"Why didn't you tell me that you went to help last night?" Kim asked as he looked over at her and just shook his head. He was still trying to figure out what she wanted to hear from him. "Tommy, I just want the truth. There is no wrong or right answer here anymore."
"You were so tired last night and Jason called me while I was trying to sleep. It was the only thing that I could do. I needed to help," Tommy said as Kim nodded. No one could accuse him of ever not helping with things when they went to hell, but she didn't know how he had managed it last night. "Have they gotten her back?"
"They're working on that, Jason isn't comfortable going in just yet. There is something about it that is bothering him," Kim said as Tommy gave her a hard look. "The location isn't ideal."
"It's never ideal Kimberly," Tommy said as she let out a sigh and he then stood up and draped his arm around her. "Come on, I want to see our daughter."
"I thought you were going to…" Kim began as he shook his head no. There had been a time when that would have been done, but he could tell that Kim needed him. Jason and the others could handle getting Trini back to them safely. "Thank you."
"We've still got a lot to work on," Tommy said as she looked over at him and nodded that that was indeed the case. "How is she?"
"Doing good, according to Rocky. She's tiny Tommy," Kim whispered as he wrapped his arm around her and she looked up at him. "She's so tiny."
"It's going to be all right," Tommy whispered as she turned into his embrace and he held her for a long moment as she shook against him. "Shh…it'll be fine."
"I don't want her to have this life Tommy," Kim said as he looked down at her and gave her a confused look. "Being captured, constantly worrying whether or not your best friends will live to see the next day; I don't want to see her go through this."
"I don't either, but right now we can't do anything about what's going on with Trini or the rangers for that matter, we've got to take care of her," Tommy said as she barely nodded and he silently urged her back into walking and they headed for the NICU once again.
"No way to get to her?" Jason asked as Billy silently nodded his head that that was the case. "You're sure?"
"The only way to get to her would be to send someone in and there would be no way to get them out. I know that you would do that in a heartbeat Jason, but the last thing we need is two rangers captured," Billy said as Jason sat down and placed his head in his hands. He and Trini had been living a happy, ranger free life for the last several months. Their marriage was wonderful, their house was beautiful and they had found out three weeks ago that they were expecting their first child, not that they had told anyone else yet. They wanted to make sure nothing happened to the baby before they told everyone the happy news.
"It's not just her in there Billy," Jason said as he felt the focus of half a dozen older rangers settle on him. "She's pregnant, we were going to tell all of you after she got past her first trimester."
"Do you want to go in?" Rocky asked as Jason shook his head no. "Why not?"
"Billy's right, we can't lose two rangers…there has to be a way in that has a way out as well," Jason said as Rocky looked over at him and then back at Billy. This did not sound like the Jason that he had known for all these years. "Don't look at me like that, Rocky. I know that this sucks, but what choice do I have?"
"Go in and distract them while we try to figure out a way to get the both of you back," Rocky said as Jason just shook his head and Rocky let out a frustrated sigh. "What the hell Jason! That's your wife and child in there."
"I know that," Jason said as Rocky let out a disgruntled groan. "Look Rocky, if I go in and can't get out, that means that we'll have to bring Tommy here to help and the last thing that he needs right now is to be separated from his child and Kimberly."
"Tell them that she's pregnant and I'm sure that Kim won't hold it against him if he comes back," Rocky said as Jason shook his head no. He felt bad enough that he had stressed Kimberly out enough to send her into labor, he did not want to take anymore time away from the two of them at the moment.
"Rocky, what are you thinking?" Aisha asked as her husband looked over at her and she could see the determination that was setting into his features. "No, you can't."
"Someone has to Aisha," Rocky stated as Jason and Billy looked up at him. "I'll have motivation to come back."
"No…" Aisha muttered as he gave her a kiss and then walked over and punched in the teleportation code for himself, before anyone could stop him, he was gone. "Thank you for being a damn coward, Jason."
"He's not being rational," Jason said as Adam grabbed Aisha from behind and was surprised when his hand slipped over a bump, on her otherwise flat stomach.
"Of course he's not, we've lost two babies, he doesn't want to see anyone else go through that hell," Aisha said as Jason looked over at her in shock. He hadn't even known about Aisha being pregnant in the past. "And I'm not losing him, just when we thought we'd actually make it through a pregnancy."
"Ish," Adam whispered in her ear as she looked back at him and took in a shaky breath. "It's okay, calm down, Rocky knows what he's doing."
"He better or someone will die for this," Aisha said, icily, as Jason and Billy exchanged a glance. They knew exactly what Rocky was likely to face and neither of them liked the way that it made them feel. It was the most uncomfortable thing that they had ever experienced and Jason wished he hadn't pushed Rocky into doing something drastic. Now he had five lives before him that could go down the drain if something didn't go right, all because of him.
