Jules POV
It had been a long and grueling night. We had a call where a young man's father had held his ex-wife and her new husband hostage because she had gotten the two youngest in a custody battle and the father was enraged. The children's names were Thomas and William and Catherin.
"Hey Jules, everything okay?" Sam asked as we left the barn to go home. Sam was sitting across the table in the conference room when we learned the names of the children, he unfortunately saw my expression before I could steal my face.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just tired. I want to get home and see Tera" I said as we got to our vehicles, and I was about to leave when Sam then stopped me.
"Drive safe Jules, see you in a few days" he said as we parted ways.
This was our last day on shift for four days, that is unless we get called in for any major hot calls. Team One is the best team on the SRU and we get the majority of the high risk calls as we have the highest success rate. It is Thursday and tomorrow moring is Tera's last day of school for the long weekend as Monday is Family Day. Sarge is always kind enough to give me that day as it is just Tera and I. A few years ago I was looking at a bank and noticed a guy that looked familiar but had short hair. I clicked on his profile and there were pictures of him when he was younger and as a teen. He was #5568 with the love of the outdoors, martial arts, and paleontology. His occupation was education and worked with the Peace Corp. I ordered a few samples and now I have my beautiful Tera who is now five years old. People that know us like her name and like the fact that it means Earth. However, her name means so much more to me. Her name comes from my past before I moved to Canada. By the time I get home Tera is already in bed thanks to the help from Cara who ironically is my dear friend. Tera knows that I have a long weekend just like her and she loves spending it with me and I will take it.
Once I get in the house I find Cara asleep on the couch, I decide to leave her there as it is late and I know that she was busy since I can tell that my house is picked up. I go up to Tera's room and kiss her goodnight, and she stirs waking up slightly.
"Night, Beautiful," I said.
"Night, Mommy," Tera replied.
I left her room and went back down to the kitchen to grab some food to find that Cara had already made me a plate and was waiting for me to come back down.
"Hey Jules, I just wanted to let you know that if you need me to pick Tera up after school tomorrow to just let me know. I have a meeting at the bank to go over some numbers for my new dojo and possibly meet the two new instructors that I am hiring. But I should be free around two in the afternoon" Cara told me.
"Thank you Cara for everything. I really do appreciate it. I have these next few days off, unless something comes up. I can't wait to spend time with my little girl, and I know that she is excited too. That is all she was talking to me about yesterday after you left. When I mentioned that Monday was Family Day" I said.
"I'm glad, you have a good night and I will see you on Tuesday to go over the week's schedule," Cara said. "Night" I said as we gave each other a brief hug then she left to go home.
I ate my food, which was one of Tera's favorites, salmon and steamed broccoli and cauliflower. I put my dishes in the dishwasher and started that, and Cara knows that I like to do that at night so the dishes are cleaned for the morning. And head up to bed, there on my nightstand is a picture of me as a teen at the Youth Center in a pink leotard with a few friends around and the medals that I won at the Pan Globals. I changed into one of my old shirts, a green plaid flannel shirt that my ex had let me borrow and I never gave it back. This shirt was my favorite. I set my alarm to go off at six in the morning so I could make a good breakfast and get Tera ready for school.
"Oh, is little Kimmy about to cry without her boyfriend?" a voice asked as I whirled around just in time to see a pair of black and gold wings.
"No, I am going to kick you butt though, and so will my friends when they find me," I said. Just then there were flashes of red, green, black, blue, and yellow lights and there stood five out of the six power rangers.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
My alarm was going off singling me that it is time to get up. As I got up I noticed that my face and pillow were wet from me crying. I went into the bathroom and splashed some water onto my face and made my way down to the kitchen. I ended up making eggs and toast with some orange juice. I then made my way back upstairs to Tara's room.
"Moring my little tiger. It's time for breakfast and then get ready for school" I said.
"Mmmm." Tera groaned as she rubbed her eyes. "Morning, Mommy," she finally said.
We went back down to have our breakfast, and afterwards I sent Tera off to get ready. Cara helps me with setting out the next day's clothes and Tera and I go through and pick out each outfit for the week, this way she can be independent and still have some guidelines. As Tera is in her room getting ready I clean up the kitchen and make sure that everything is in her bag as she tends to forget some things on the table, I also make sure that her lunch is packed and ready. Just as Tera is finishing in the bathroom, as I can hear the water running and her spitting, there is a knock on the door. I go and answer it, to find Wordy standing there with his three girls who all go to the same school as Tera and are really close friends.
"Hey Wordy she will be down in just a minute, I did hear the sink in the bathroom," I say just as I hear little feet coming down the stairs. He smiles at me and sees a pink blob skid past the doorway and into the kitchen where she left her shoes yesterday.
"No problem, we have time. How are you doing this moring?" he asked.
"I'm good, just a little bit tired. Thank you for taking her to school this week." I say.
"No problem. I know how busy it can be to be a single parent. Why don't you take a nap and relax before your long weekend with the little munchkin," he suggested.
"I am going to do just that," I say with a yawn. And he just laughs at me. Tera came running up to us with a big grin on her face as she was about to leave. I noticed that there was something sticking out of her backpack, which moved.
"Hold it right that young lady," I say as I hold out my hand for her backpack.
"But Mommy we're going to be late" she protests.
"Now," I saw as she handed it over. I unzip the bag to find Mittens, our year old kitten. "You know that you cannot bring animals to school. They could get lost." I say
"I'm sorry Mommy." she says as she hugs my legs.
"Ok, I know. I love you and have a good day at school," I say.
"I will. Love you Mommy," Tera says.
"See ya later Wordy." I say
"See ya later Jules," he responds and they both get into the vehicle and take off.
I close the door behind me and lock up before I go back to my room to take a much needed nap after that dream.
"Oh, is little Kimmy about to cry without her boyfriend?" a voice asked as I whirled around just in time to see a pair of black and gold wings.
"No, I am going to kick you butt though, and so will my friends when they find me," I said. Just then there were flashes of red, green, black, blue, and yellow lights and there stood five out of the six power rangers. Just then Goldar appears and lands a blow that knocks me down and the green ranger is there in a heartbeat taking a liking as the others are fending off putties. Goldar lands a punch to the green rangers stomach and then a kick sending him to the ground.
"NOOOO" I scream
Just then I wake up panting and all out of breath just as if I was really there, or back there again.
I put on a leotard and grab my phone from the dresser as I head down to the basement where I have a small gym set up for me to do some small stunts and for Tera to practice her gymnastics, as she thinks it is fun. I plug my phone in and put it on my playlist and workout until all twenty songs are done, which takes about an hour. I went back upstairs and took a shower while crying as I miss my old life and friends. However, I couldn't imagine my life any different now. After my shower I went and dug an old book from the back of my closet where no one could find it. I sat on my bed looking at an old photo album that I had not thought of in almost thirteen years. My old friends and boyfriend from Angel Grove, California.I am wearing a pair of pink spandex shorts and one of my ex-boyfriend's green shirts. I remember the day I was forced to send that dreadful letter to him. Tommy, I have met someone else. Tommy, you know I would never do anything to hurt you. My greatest regret is that you will never know your baby girl, I thought to myself.
I put the book down on my nightstand and grabbed the clothes that were in that photo. The shirt still smells like him, or at least I think so. I go and hop in the shower and start to cry as I am just letting the water run down my head and back. I just stand there, losing track of time. I feel so exhausted after my shower just because of crying, so I hop back into bed.
"No, I am going to kick you butt though, and so will my friends when they find me," I said. Just then there were flashes of red, green, black, blue, and yellow lights and there stood five out of the six power rangers. Just then Goldar appears and lands a blow that knocks me down and the green ranger is there in a heartbeat taking a liking as the others are fending off putties. Goldar lands a punch to the green rangers stomach and then a kick sending him to the ground.
"NOOOO" I scream
I feel someone shaking me. I wake up with a start and I take a swing at the person who was shaking me. A hand grabs mine just as I was about to make contact, then I see who it is.
"Ed, what are you doing here, and in uniform?" I asked.
"We got a hot call and you were not answering your phone." Ed replied.
"Sorry, I was down stairs and forgot my phone. Just give me a second and I will be ready." I said as I got out of bed. Not caring that my throat hurt from that scream, knowing full well that Ed heard me. I changed into my uniform Man, Tommy would be proud of me as he always complained that I took to long to get ready, I thought
"Jules, are you ready? We have to get going." Ed said.
"Yeah just let me grab my phone" I said as I ran down the basement stairs to grab my phone that was near the doorway. We got into the suv that Ed drove here.
"So, you want to tell me what that scream was all about?" Ed aske. There it was, I knew he heard me.
"Um, no just a bad dream." I said.
"That didn't sound like just a dream. You sure you're ok" Ed said.
"Yeah, I'm sure I'm ok. It was only just a bad dream." I said. I pulled out my phone and texted Shelly, Wordy's wife, to see if she would be able to get Tera from school for me. My phone dinged with the notification of a message, Shelly said that she would gladly get Tera. We got to the call location, Sarg and the rest of Team One were a block away from the venue that the pop star was at.
"What are we looking at, Sarg?'' I asked.
"Pop star Kira Ford is being held hostage, with some friends by some women who found her boyfriend with another woman walking by. She chased them into the venue, " Sarge stated. "Sam Seira one, Wordy Seira two, Raf truck, Jules you are taking this one with Spike and Ed as your back up."
"Got it Sarg" I said as we finished gearing up and walking to the venue, there was just one door that was left unmanned that we were able to access.
"Please, she's just a kid. She's scared" a voice that I never thought that I would ever hear again said.
"This is Jules with the Police Strategic Response Unit. Is it okay if I come in so I'm not yelling?" I yelled.
"As long as you aint got a gun, yeah." the woman yelled.
"Okay, I'm coming in." I said as I slowly walked into the hall. I had to seal my face as I was greeted with 29 faces with ten of those being ones that I knew by heart. My attention quickly reverted back to the woman who was shaking. "What's your name?" I asked.
"Joann," the woman said.
"Well, Joann. The way it looks to me is that you are mad at your boyfriend" I said.
"I am. I saw that cheater with her" Joann said, pointing the gun at another young woman.
"Have you thought that your boyfriend would cheat on you before?" I aske.
"Well, no. But look at the way she is cowering behind him" Joann said.
"Have you thought that it was just a misunderstanding?" I asked.
"James and I are only co-workers. He offered to walk me home as my ex has been stalking me at work. He just wanted to make sure I was ok" the other lady said.
"Oh, man. What have I done" Joann said, shaking the gun as she put her head into her hands.
"You haven't done anything that cannot be taken aback." I said. "All you have to do is give me your gun."
Joann started to hand the gun over, but her hands were still shaking and she accidently shot me in the upper leg. "AAHHH" I scream as I am about to fall a pair of hands shoot out and catch me. Joann drops the gun and Spike makes the arrest as I feel a sharp pain in my thigh. I look over and see Tommy holding me so I am not fully on the floor and one of his hands is on the wound.
"Jules, speak to me" Ed says as he reaches us. He sees where Tommy has his hand and tries to push it away.
"Sir, I can't remove my hand. I'm keeping pressure there. Hey Conner, come here and give me a hand" Tommy said as Ed was reaching for the tourniquet. "Kim I'm not going to lie to you, this is going to hurt." Just then a young man clad in red took the tourniquet and wrapped it around my leg in just a mere second.
"AAAHHHHHH!" I screamed. Just then the team came running in along with Shelly and Tera.
"Mommy, what's the matter?" Tera asked. I could not answer as I passed out.
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No Ones POV
"Tera, sweetie. Mommy's going to be ok. She just has an owie on her leg. Why don't you go with Shelly? Mommy will be alright I promise." Ed said.
"No, I want to stay with Mommy." Tera said.
"Come here sweetie, I think I need help with Maya. You think you could give me a hand walking her?" Sam asked.
"NO! I want to stay with Mommy!" Tera yelled.
"Jules will be ok Tera. You need to go with Shelly or Sam" Greg said firmly to Tera leaving no room for argument as he picked her up and carried her over to Sam, Wordy and Shelly. Wordy took her from his bosses hands and the four left the venue just as the medics came in.
"Thirty year old female, with a GSW to the upper thigh. Tourniquet applied just a few minutes ago" Ed said to the medics as they reached the group.
As the medics loaded Jules onto the gurney Ed reached out to take the hand of the man that essentially saved Jules' life.
"Thank you for what you have done for Jules," Ed said as he shook the man's hand. "I'm Ed Lane."
"Tommy Oliver," the man said. "I would do anything for that woman."
"Dr. O, why is he calling Kimberly a different name?" The young man who Tommy had called over to him when Jules was shot.
"Because that is her name, I do not know the Kimberly you are talking about" Ed stated. "Now, if you'd like to come with me Mr. Oliver, would you please come with me to answer some questions?"
The medics were wheeling Jules out when she regained consciousness.