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Chapter 30: Multicolored Ranger Man

Tommy and Kim's House, Reefside

November 24, 2004

3 pm

Kim and Trini were in the kitchen getting the food ready for their annual Thanksgiving gathering consisting of their group of friends.

Jason came up from the basement then.

"Hey, how are my two favorite pregnant women?" Jason asked.

"Very funny, Jase," Kim said rolling her eyes at him.

"Why are you up here? You're supposed to be downstairs," Trini said.

"Bathroom," Jason said walking away.

The doorbell rang, and Kim went to answer the door.

"Hey, you guys, come on in," Kim said to Rocky and Carrie, and Adam and Tanya. Carrie put Junior down and Tanya put Z down and they ran off towards the living room.

"So, how are you doing, Kim? What with Tommy being a ranger again," Carrie asked.

"Pretty good, considering the condition I'm in," Kim said.

"How's the baby, anyways?" Tanya asked.

"Doing good, so far. I'm a little stressed from Tommy being in uniform again, so the doctor wants me to do a monthly stress test until the baby is born," Kim said.

"What does Tommy have to say for himself?" Carrie asked.

"He says sorry a lot and is trying to go easy on me, but a part of me worries that something bad's going to happen to him, hence the stress," Kim said.

"Don't worry, Kim. He'll be fine," Tanya said.

"You're right, I shouldn't worry about him," Kim said as they went into the kitchen.

Rocky and Adam went downstairs to where Jason and Tommy were, watching the football game.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Green, White, Red, and now Black ranger!" Rocky said as Adam laughed.

"Very funny, Rocko," Tommy said.

"You know, you're the first ranger that's had 4 colors. Adam and I only had 2, so did Jason, and TJ," Rocky pointed out.

"He's right, bro," Jason said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, okay? Don't need to rub it in," Tommy said.

"Let's change the subject, shall we? How's Kim and the baby? I heard she's under a lot of stress lately," Jason said.

"Wonder why?" Rocky said as Jason hit him on the arm.

"It's not a lot of stress, it's a little. I'm trying to keep things low key, not mention what my team and I are doing, trying to cover up a lot of stuff. Kim's thinking of moving out of the house until my time as a ranger has come to an end, so nothing happens to the baby," Tommy said.

"Maybe she should. It would take the burden of worrying about you off her shoulders," Jason said.

"I'm having Hayley and Billy disable our link as well, so she doesn't worry about me in that way," Tommy said.

"Good," Jason said.

8 pm

Kim and Tommy were cleaning up the kitchen when Hayley and Billy came up out of the command center.

"Well it's done. We managed to disable yours and Kim's link, for now. We'll reestablish it after Tommy retires from being a ranger, unless you don't want us to," Billy said.

"We'll think about it, thanks Billy," Kim said hugging the former blue ranger.

"We're going to leave you two alone," Billy said as he and Hayley left.

'Kim, we need to talk," Tommy said.

"About what?" Kim asked.

"About you moving out temporarily, I think you should, and you should take the kids with you," Tommy said.

"Are you sure, handsome? I mean, it's only temporarily," Kim said.

"I'm sure. All this stress with me being a ranger again is not helping you or the kids at all," Tommy said.

"It's not. It's a nightmare. I found a nice place to sub-lease 2 blocks from the elementary school. It's a 6-month sub-lease, and I can leave early if I wish," Kim said.

"Good. When does it start?" Tommy asked.

"Monday, after the kids go back to school," Kim said.

"I'll miss you, beautiful," Tommy said touching her forehead with his.

"It's only temporary, Tommy. I'll be back here before you know it, and I'll visit on the weekends," Kim said kissing him.

"I can live with that," Tommy said, looking into her eyes, knowing that this was the right decision.