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Chapter 22: Finding Tommy
Somewhere in Mariner Bay
February 28, 2003
12 pm
It's been two months since Tommy didn't answer his phone. Jason soon found out why. He got a call from Carter Grayson, the Red Lightspeed Rescue Ranger who was also on the red ranger moon mission, that they detected a disturbance on the island Tommy was working on. Jason was on his way to Mariner Bay when he got the call.
They later learned that there was an explosion on the island, and it exploded, killing everyone on it.
Or so they thought.
They acted upon Kim's feeling she was getting through her and Tommy's link that he was alive, which brought on three search missions.
Jason and Carter were on the third mission when they saw a familiar looking person walking in a daze along the side of the road somewhere in Mariner Bay.
"Tommy!" Jason and Carter said.
They parked the ambulance and ran over to where the figure was standing. They got a closer look. The haircut said it all.
"Tommy! Bro, I'm so glad to see you!" Jason said.
"The island…exploded. I…dived off…the cliff…before…" Tommy said, clearly injured.
"You don't have to explain, let's get you to the ambulance," Carter said as he and Jason fireman carried Tommy to the ambulance, got him settled in the back, and took off towards the base hospital.
After a few hours of treatment at the base hospital for cuts, bumps, and bruises and a sprained ankle Tommy and Jason headed back to Reefside.
"I don't know if Kim's going to be happy or pissed to see you," Jason said.
"How is she? Did she have the babies yet?" Tommy asked.
"Nope, and if she doesn't go into labor by Friday Dr. Roberts will induce her."
"She's 37 weeks, isn't she?"
"Yep. There's no way the doctor's letting her go past 37 weeks."
"Here we are. I'm a dead man," Tommy said as they pulled up to the house and got out of the car.
Tommy slowly walked up to the house and turned the doorknob.
He went in the house. Kim was sitting in the chair, asleep. She had tear stains down her cheeks.
Tommy knelt beside her and brushed a few stray hairs out of her face. She started to wake up.
She looked at the person in front of her, smiled, and hugged him.
Tommy thought he was going to get a slap in the face, but he saw that she was worn out, from what he wasn't sure.
"It's you, it really is you," Kim whispered.
"Yes, it's me, beautiful. If you're mad at me I understand," Tommy said.
"I'm too tired to be mad. I'm so tired of being pregnant. I just want it all over with," Kim said.
"What can I do to help?" Tommy asked.
"You know, there is something you can do to help," Kim said with a wicked look on her face.
Jason took that as his cue to leave.
"I'm going to leave you two alone, because I don't want to know what's going to happen next," Jason said.
"Bye, Jason!" Tommy and Kim said in unison.
After Jason left, Kim and Tommy started to make out, taking it to the couch.
After a few minutes of making out Kim cried out in pain.
"I'm so good at this," Tommy said as Kim punched him in the arm.
"I'm having…a…contraction," Kim said, breathing hard.
Tommy held her until the contraction had passed.
"You okay, beautiful?" Tommy asked.
"Now I am…or maybe not," Kim said as she felt something go down her leg.
Tommy got up suddenly with a shocked look on his face.
"Did your…water just break?" Tommy asked.
Kim nodded.
"Where are the twins?" Tommy asked.
"With your parents," Kim said weakly.
"Okay, I'll grab the overnight bag and help you to the car," Tommy said grabbing the overnight bag and leading Kim out to the jeep. He helped her get in and sped off towards the hospital.
Reefside Community Hospital
9 pm
Jason, Trini, Jan, James, and Aisha were all in the waiting room of the hospital's maternity ward waiting on news about Kim and the twins.
Tommy came out then, shaking out his right hand.
"How is she, son?" James asked.
"She's hanging in there. She's eight centimeters dilated. Only two more to go and she'll be ready to push."
"She must've done a number on your hand, bro!" Jason said.
"Yeah, it's payback for the disappearing act I pulled," Tommy said.
"But at least you're okay, that's the important part!" Jan said.
A nurse came into the waiting room then after checking Kim again.
"Mr. Oliver? You're needed in your wife's room. She ten centimeters and ready to push. I've called the doctor. We're moving her to the delivery room now," the nurse said.
"Wish me luck, guys," Tommy said as he went back into the room.
"Good luck!" Trini said.
Moments later the nurses were pushing Kim's bed through the doorway and heading towards the delivery room.
Tommy came out then.
"Trini, Aisha, she wants you two in there with her," Tommy said.
Trini and Aisha got excited and nodded their answers. They followed Tommy to the delivery room.
After they washed their hands and put on scrubs the nurses brought them back to the delivery room.
Kim got a relieved look on her face when Tommy, Trini, and Aisha came into the room.
Tommy went over to Kim's left side and held her left hand. Trini stood on her right side and Aisha next to Tommy on her left.
"Are you sure you want us in here, Kim?" Trini asked.
"Yes, I do, as long as you two don't make a scene it's okay. Besides, you two are like sisters to me, and I wouldn't have it any other way," Kim said.
"Okay, Kimberly, everything's ready. On your next contraction push with all you've got, okay?" Dr. Roberts said, looking up from between Kim's legs.
Kim felt the contraction and pushed slowly and kept on pushing until the doctor stopped her.
"Baby A's head is out. Don't push just yet," the doctor said as he suctioned out the baby's mouth and nose.
"Okay, push again," the doctor instructed as Kim pushed, crushing Tommy's hand with her super strong grip.
"Kim…my hand," Tommy said.
"Payback's a bitch, isn't it, Tommy?" Kim said through clenched teeth.
Then a strong cry erupted in the room.
"It's a girl!" the doctor said holding the baby up for all to see. Tommy cut his daughter's cord.
"Oh girl, she's so gorgeous!" Aisha said as the doctor handed her to a nurse who put her on a warmer to dry her off.
"Oh, Tommy, just look at her, she's…" Kim started to say.
"Perfect," Tommy said looking down at Kim with tears in his eyes.
"Sorry to ruin this moment between you two, but her brother wants to join his sister in the outside world," Dr. Roberts said.
Kim nodded as she clenched Tommy's hand and didn't wait for the doctor to tell her to push as she pushed.
"The head is out. A couple more pushes should do it," the doctor said suctioning out the baby's mouth and nose.
A couple more pushes and another strong cry filled the room.
"It's a boy!" the doctor said holding up the baby for all to see. Tommy cut his son's cord.
"He looks like his daddy!" Trini said as Aisha nodded.
The nurse took him to a warmer to dry him off.
After weighing and measuring the babies and taking their footprints the nurses came over to Tommy and Kim, putting the babies in Kim's arms.
She looked down at her children with tears in her eyes. They were so beautiful beyond words. She couldn't take her eyes off them.
"You two have to have names for them!" Aisha said.
"We do. Brielle Faith is our daughter's name and Bennett Josiah is our son's name," Kim said smiling.
"Those names fit them perfectly," Trini said.
"I'm going to tell Jason and my parents about their arrival," Tommy said kissing Kim as he walked towards the door.
"I'll come with you," Trini said as she left the room.
"Well?" Jason asked Trini as she came into the waiting room.
"They're here!" Trini said.
"Really?" Jason asked.
"Really, bro. Their mother did an amazing job, and they're both perfect," Tommy said, coming into the waiting room.
"What are their names? How much do they weigh?" Jan asked.
"Brielle Faith Oliver weighed in at six pounds six ounces and measured in at 18 ½ inches long, and her brother, Bennett Josiah Oliver weighed in at six pounds ten ounces and measured in at 19 inches long. They're both healthy and they and their mother are doing great!" Tommy said.
Just then the nurses were coming down the hall pushing two bassinets with a baby in each.
"Here they come, and they're both gorgeous!" Jan said admiring her grandchildren.
James nodded with tears in his eyes.
"Looks like you've hit the jackpot, Tommy," Jason said.
"Yeah, I have. I must go back to Kim. They're going to move her to the postpartum floor a floor below," Tommy said as he went back to Kim.
"We'll go to the nursery with the babies. Give Kim our love," Jan said as she, Jason, Trini, and James followed the nurses to the nursery also a floor below.
A couple of hours later after the godparents and grandparents went home Kim and Tommy got some alone time with their new children.
"Man, it all went by so fast. We got here at 3 pm and had the babies at 9 pm. Were JT and Amelia this fast?" Tommy asked.
"Nope, they took the longest. I was admitted into the hospital at 9 pm and didn't have them until 7 the next morning. They took 10 hours," Kim said.
"Let's just not hope that our next child or children are faster than Brielle and Bennett," Tommy said.
"Who says we're having more children?" Kim said.
"I mean, do you want more children, Kim?" Tommy asked.
"Maybe, we'll see in about three or four years," Kim said.
"I love you, Beautiful," Tommy said.
"For what?" Kim asked.
"For everything. For giving me four wonderful children, for the love you give, for being there for me when I need you most," Tommy said.
"And for making sure you don't forget your keys to the jeep every morning," Kim said.
Tommy laughed at that.
"Yeah, that too," Tommy said.
"And I love you for those same things and more, Thomas James Oliver, forever and always," Kim said as they kissed.
Then the twins started to fuss, and Kim started to feed them.
Their world was perfect, and it was only beginning.
