Disclaimer: I have never, nor will I ever own any part of Power Rangers, though the characters of Samantha, Rebecca, and Chris Travis are my own creations. This is just for pure fun.

Summary: Kim is finally divorced and ready to start her life with Tommy, but will her ex win custody of her kids and what will happen when his mistress enters the picture again? Updated finally!

Pairings: Kim/OC, with mentions of Jason/Kat, Billy/Hailey, and Connor/Kira

Time: Post DT

A/N: I am SO sorry about the late update. School has started again and I had a rough first week moving back into the dorms and starting classes. But, I am back again and I promise that the next update will come much sooner! This story is almost done though, but a sequel may be in the works, I have not decided yet. Enjoy this chapter though!

A/N 2: As always, big thanks to my beta "Danielle". Who has more patience for me than I probably deserve.

Chapter eight: Custody and a question

She was scared out of her mind. How could this happen? They were so careful! They took every precaution to make sure that something like this could never happen. He assured her that it could never happen, and she had trusted him. But still, here she was, sitting on the edge of her bathtub with a positive pregnancy test in her hand. This was not good, not good at all. There was just too much going on in both of their lives right now; neither of them needed something like this. What was she going to do? What was she going to tell him? HOW was she going to tell him? She supposed that there were ways to deal with this and have it over quick. But she needed more information on that, and besides, he deserved to know since this was one half his fault too. Still, she was not looking forward to that conversation.

It was the morning of the first day of the case that would decide the custody of Samantha and Rebecca Travis. Skull and Chris' lawyer had been meeting with the judge for the previous week, so that meant that all of the preliminary stuff had been taken care of, and the trial should be a short one. Skull was confident that they could get it done in a single day.

Tommy was lost in thought. He had just picked up Kim from Billy's home and the two of them were on their way to the courthouse. Sam and Becky were staying with Jason and Kat for the day as both of them wanted to spare them as much grief as possible, and they were sure that this day would bring more than a fair share of grief. Tommy was taking a moment to think back to the events of the previous night.

Flashback:

He had decided that in order to take Kim's mind off of the case, he would treat her to a romantic dinner that he had cooked himself. She had hesitated at first, not wanting to leave the girls alone, but Hayley had volunteered to look after them and assured Kim that all would be well. But it was not without some worry that Kim arrived at Tommy's house promptly at 6:00pm. The house was dark, so she had to feel her way around until she reached the kitchen. Once there, she gasped. There was the one man she would every truly love standing in the middle of a kitchen that was lit only with candles and holding in his hand a single red rose. He was dressed to impress in a simple black tuxedo and red bow tie. She had to steady herself on the doorframe as she was about to faint, overwhelmed by the sheer romance and trouble that Tommy had obviously gone through.

"Come on Beautiful, none of that now." Tommy said as he came over to lead her to one of the chairs at the table, which was set with what appeared to be a very well put together dinner.

"I can't have you fainting when I have gone though all of this trouble."

"Tommy…this….this is too much," Kim protested, though mildly. The fact was, she loved every moment of this, and it just made her love Tommy even more, if that was even possible. She had a feeling of what may be going on here, but she decided to hold her tongue and let Tommy play the part so to speak. After he had sat her down, he moved to his place across from her and sat. He took her hands in his and spoke.

"Now before I let you eat Beautiful, I have something to say."

Kim just nodded, waiting for him to continue.

"I know that we agreed that we would take it slow for the sake of the situation, but I have to tell you Kim, these past few weeks with you and the girls have been nothing short of amazing. I have loved spending time with Becky and Sam and I really think that I have gotten to know them pretty well."

"They do love you Tommy. They are starting to look at you as a father figure."

He did not show it, but inside, Tommy was jumping for joy at that little bit of news. He had been hoping for something like that.

"I am glad to hear that Kim, I really am, because I want to be in their lives more, I want to be in your life more. I know that I see you guys on a fairly regular basis, but I cannot help but feel a little selfish. I want more. I want to wake up next to you every
morning. I want to fight with the kids over the Sunday paper every week; and
when the time comes in fifteen or so years," he said with a grin, "I want to be sitting in the living room interrogating whatever unfortunate soul wants to come over and take our daughters on a date."

Kim's heart jumped into her chest. Tommy had called them HIS daughters. Not that she minded. He would be much more of a father to the girls than Chris ever was. She now knew for certain what Tommy was about to do and she was more than ready for it. She waited for him to continue. Tommy reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small box and opened it, revealing a single carat princess cut diamond ring.

"Now that you are back in my life my pink princess and a single woman again, I am not going to waste any time in making sure you do not stay single for long. Kimberly, will you marry me?"

There it was, and even though she was expecting it, she still started to cry. She knew without a doubt what she wanted her answer to be, but it took her a few seconds to get the words out.

"Yes Tommy, of course I will marry you!"

Tommy smiled while slipping the ring onto her finger and leaned across the table for a kiss.

I may have made the biggest mistake of my life the first time around, but I sure as hell am not going to make the same mistake again.

End flashback

Last night was a brief respite in all the chaos, the calm before the storm so to speak. Tommy reluctantly shook those happy thoughts out of his head and turned his attention to the matter at hand. The woman he loved, his fiancée now, sat next to him with a mixture of worry and determination on her face. Whatever it took, Tommy was going to get her through this.

That same morning, Chris Travis was at the home that until recently, he had shared with his wife. He may not have loved her anymore, or even liked the woman, but the bitch had gotten away from him, and that rankled him more than anything. He never lost, at anything, and Kim had gone and done just that. Still, it was not over yet, there was still the custody case today and he would take those brats from her even if he could not even stand them. If it hurt Kim, then he wanted to do it any way he could.

He had just finished knotting his tie when he heard Karen come into the room behind him. She had been living there with him ever since Kim had fled and while he found some pleasure in that, she was starting to act like his wife, which he most certainly did not likeHe supposed that he would have to get rid of her eventually and find someone better. Who knew? It could be sooner rather than later.

"Chris?"

He turned and looked at her. Was it just his imagination or did she look a little off today? She did not look like her normal perky self. Oh well, whatever was wrong with her was none of his concern.

"Yes love, what is it?" he said with false sincerity.

"I…I have something to tell you and I am afraid that it will not be easy."

"Let me guess, your pregnant." He said in a joking tone. When she did not laugh or even correct him, all color left his face.

"You're not pregnant, are you?"

Karen was still silent, but barely nodded her head in the affirmative. Neither spoke for what seemed like an eternity, but in reality was only a few seconds. Finally, Chris broke the silence.

"Get out."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"I said, get your things, and get out of my house you whore."

"Chris did you hear me? I am pregnant with YOUR child!"

"And how do you know that for sure?"

"I can't believe that you would even think of going there Chris Travis! I have been completely faithful to you, which is more than I can say for you! You are the only one I have been with in the past year, so like it or not, this child is yours!"

"How can I believe a woman that slept with a married man? Now get out before I call the cops!"

"Fine Chris, I'll leave, but I am not going to go down without a fight. I am sure that your ex wife and her legal team will love to know that your mistress is pregnant with your child. I know that that will show the judge for sure what an excellent father you are."

With those words, something inside of Chris snapped. He had only felt this way once in his life, the night that he "took care of" Kim. Karen was threatening to take something else away from him, something that while he did not care about, was still something he wanted, and he could not allow that to happen. As she turned to leave, Chris grabbed her from behind and threw her across the room.

Karen's world went black.

Hours later, the custody case was in full swing. Tommy sat with Kim and Skull on the plaintiff side of the room while Chris was silently seated with his lawyer, Mr. Dick Maxwell. Kim has looked over a few times at Chris, and he did not look like himself. He looked as though he was very uneasy and was trying very hard to hide something. Then again, this WAS Chris we were talking about, given recent events, Kim would not hold it past him to do anything. Cursing herself, she turned her attention back to what was going on in the room. Currently, Skull was addressing the judge.

"As you can see your honor, based on the police reports and written testimonies from Dr. Adam Park as well as the photographs also submitted, it is clear that Mr. Travis is capable of extreme anger issues as well as domestic violence. It would be a huge risk, not to mention a danger to those children if he is allowed even partial custody."

Chris' lawyer stood up and spoke.

"I am by no means excusing the actions of my client your honor. That he did assault his wife is clear, but he has since paid his debt to society for that crime and he did do it because she was cheating on him with that man." He said pointing to Tommy.

"Objection!" screamed Skull. "That is pure speculation and cannot be proven so therefore cannot be taken into consideration."

Tommy silently cheered Skull. He had come a long way from the bully that he once was and Tommy vowed to pay him back for this, somehow, when this was all over.

"Sustained" answered Judge Alexander. "Please stick to relevant testimony counselor."

"I believe that it is relevant your honor. All I am trying to say is that this woman is no saint, if she did indeed cheat on him, who is to say that she will not do it again, or even worse, neglect her children?"

At this, Kim stood up, even with Tommy trying to hold her down.

"I would never neglect those kids! They are my life! My everything!" She turned to face Chris, "You don't even want them, I know you too well to not know that. You just want them to keep them away from me, but that will not happen. I will give them a good home, and thanks to this man," she pointed to Tommy, "I will give them a good father as well. So you can just go to hell!"

She sat down and let her tears take over. Tommy put his arms around her and let her melt into his embrace as he tried to comfort her. He looked daggers over at Chris, who seemed to not be affected in the least by Kim's outburst.

For his part, Judge Alexander let the tirade end and took a deep breath.

"Thank you Mr. Skullovich and Mr. Maxwell. I have seen all of the evidence that you have presented and I have heard your testimonies from both parties as well as your witnesses. There will be a short recess while I go to my chambers to decide the matter."

"You have not heard everything your honor."

All heads turned to the new voice coming from the back of the courtroom. Several gasps could be heard as they took in the site of the battered and disheveled woman. Karen took several shaky steps forward toward the judges stand.

"I…I have something to say your honor, if you don't….."

She never finished her thought. It was as if she had expended all of her energy to get where she was and could take no more. She fell to the ground and immediately lost consciousness. Adam and Dana Grayson, who were in the room to support Kim, immediately rushed to her aid. Neither of them could miss the puddle of blood that was coming from between her legs.

I am sorry! I go over two weeks without an update and I leave this chapter with a cliffhanger. I promise though, it will not be nearly as long before the next chapter comes out. I pinky swear it! As always, please rate and review. They let me know how well I am doing and I love to read them!