Zordon Says Thirteen:
Tommy peeked into the guest bedroom that Kim would be staying in with her girls, the kitten was asleep on the bed. His parents had been good about the unexpected stowaway. His mom had gone to town and bought the necessary things that they needed for the kitten like food and a litter box.
"I've been thinking about getting a cat," she told Kim when Kim offered to pay for the stuff, "Now I have an excuse to get one, seeing as I have all the stuff for it."
Kim laughed as Janet picked up the kitten and said, "You live up to your name don't you little Ninja?"
Janet looked at Kim she seemed happy, but she could tell that she still had a ways to go to fully recover from her ordeal with that man that she wasn't telling her anything about. When she was dating her son she had worn Pink almost constantly. Now she was wearing an oversized black t-shirt and worn jeans. Not something her teenage self would see herself wearing in a hundred years. It just didn't look like something the Kim she used to know would wear.
"So Tommy told me that there was more to the letter that I know," she stated, "Care to enlighten me."
"Luke found out something about me that I did not wish to be made public, so I went along with him to keep my secret safe."
Janet frowned, "Surly letting one secret out would be better than having to live with that type of man for ten years."
"It wasn't my secret to tell," Kim stated, glancing at Tommy for help, "He found out that I knew the true identities of the power rangers and he wanted to expose that information."
"So he found out that you're the pink power ranger and threatened to tell everybody so you remained quiet."
Kim's eyes grew round, "You know!"
Janet nodded, "It wasn't hard to figure out, a few days after our move Tommy started acting strange, the same time that the green ranger first showed up. When he started acting normal again, around the time the green ranger joined the power ranger team, he had made five friends that always wore the colors of the power rangers. It wasn't hard to connect the pieces."
Just then Jaslee came out, holding a picture book that she had found on the bookshelf in the study. A picture book that Janet knew hadn't been in the house a week ago, apparently, her husband had got stuff for the girls as well. Jaslee was all ready for bed, "Daddy can you read this to me, please?" she asked.
Tommy smiled, pulling her up on to his lap, "Of course I will," he insisted, opening the book.
Kim couldn't help it, she had to leave, either that or break down in front of everybody. Janet, however, followed her outside, "Are you okay?" she asked.
Kim nodded her head, wiping at her eyes which had started to water, "Yeah, it's just that was the first time Jaslee ever called someone Daddy."
"Not even…" Kim shook her head as Janet trailed off, Janet finally asked something she needed to ask, "How are you adjusting, your girls seem to be adjusting pretty well judging by Jaslee."
Kim nodded her head, "I finally caved and joined a support group for women in similar situations as I am. I also do some counseling both individual and family. At first, I didn't want to admit that I needed professional help, but I wanted it for the girls. Now I'm glad that I got some for me as well."
"Any big miles stones that you passed or are about to pass?"
Kim stared at Janet, before nodding, "I went on a date with Tommy, with Ellie, of course, and I've asked him out for a second date, this one without any kids." She blushed slightly, "I also purposely packed a pink shirt for the trip, I will have to wear it eventually and I use to wear pink all the time."
"You associate the color pink with Luke," Janet guessed, "You would never have been with him if it wasn't for the fact that you were the pink power ranger, but you want to get back to associating pink with the power like you did as a teen."
Kim nodded, "Yes, I'm glad I packed it too, I can't go to a power ranger party without wearing my color. My team leader might send me home to change." She joked.
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Tommy came too groggily, looking at the alarm clock, one in the morning, what had woke him? Just then he heard the soft pad of little footsteps and looked to see Ellie, hugging her doll against her chest standing in his doorway, having just opened it.
"Ellie, what are you doing up?" he asked, grateful that Kim had reminded him to actually pack pajamas as he got out of bed.
"I bad dream," Ellie said, her voice quivering as she sniffled.
Tommy gathered her up in his arms, "Would you like to talk about it?"
Ellie nodded her head, "Monster came out closet, I called Mommy, but Mommy no come. So I call you, I call Daddy, but you don't come. Luke come, he feed Ninja to monster and laugh, I woke up."
Tommy blinked, she had called out Daddy and wanted him, "I'm sorry Ellie, I promise if there's a monster in your closet, or if you see Luke, just scream for me as loudly as you can and I will come okay."
"I yell Daddy." She said happily, then she gave Tommy an odd look, "I stay with you, Daddy?"
Tommy nodded his head, moving over so that Ellie could climb up.
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Kim woke up with Jaslee shaking her, "Mommy, Mommy Ellie's gone!"
Kim sat up and looked at the air mattress on the floor that they had sat up for the kids. Ellie wasn't there, "Maybe she went to the bathroom."
Jaslee shook her head, "I already look there, it was empty."
Kim nodded her head, "Okay, I'll go ask Tommy, maybe he knows where Ellie is, she can't have gone far."
As she got out of bed and pulled on her white robe, Jaslee asked, "What's cooking, it smells good."
Kim sniffed the air, the scent of freshly baked pumpkin pie filled the air, "That's pumpkin pie for tonight."
"Do I like Pumpkin Pie?" the four-year-old asked.
"Yes," Kim stated, "You'll like it, she glanced at the clock, "Hey the parade will be starting soon."
Jaslee got excited about that, she loved parades, "Oh, maybe Ellie's already downstairs, she loves parades."
Kim nodded, "I'll check with Tommy while you look downstairs, it smells like Mrs. Oliver is up already, so you can ask her if you can turn on the parade."
With that she checked in Tommy's old bedroom, Tommy was sound asleep with Ellie using his chest for a pillow, Kim laughed, "We barely start dating and you're sleeping with a younger girl already."
Tommy woke up with a start confused until he realized that Ellie was sound asleep on top of him, "Haha Kim, she had a nightmare about Luke feeding Ninja to a monster and we didn't come when she yelled."
"I see, and how did she talk you into letting her sleep with you?"
"It was quite simple, she called me Daddy."
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Janet had gotten up at five to start cooking and wasn't surprised at all when Jaslee came in at seven, she was however surprised at what she called her, "Grandma, can you turn on the parade?"
Janet froze, "Did you just call me Grandma?"
Jaslee nodded, tears forming, "I'm sorry, do you not want me to call you that, it's just that I like pretending that Daddy's my real Daddy and that would make you my real Grandma."
Janet smiled, "Well, how about you pretend that I'm your real Grandma and I'll pretend that you're my real Granddaughter, you can even call my husband Grandpa."
"What's going on here?" Tommy asked, arriving in the kitchen with Ellie on his hip.
Kim arrived behind him with Inya who held her hands up to Tommy and said, "Dada!"
Tommy put Ellie down and picked up Inya, "What was that darling?"
"Dada!" Inya said happily, patting Tommy on the cheek.
Kim burst into tears, "That's her first word," she explained.
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Tommy opened the door sometime after lunch to find his older brother and his adoptive father had arrived.
"Hello," Sam said, "Now where are those children of yours, I want to meet my grandchildren, seeing as David here still hasn't got a girlfriend."
Jaslee peeked out at them from behind Tommy, "Who are they, Daddy?"
"Jaslee, this is my brother David and his Daddy Sam."
"Oh, you're Uncle David and Grandpa Sam," Jaslee exclaimed, "Daddy told me all about you."
Thanksgiving Dinner was a lively meal that somehow ended up as a full out food fight. Nobody was sure if it was Tommy, David, Tommy's father, or Jaslee who started it, all they knew was that it was Sam, dripping with potatoes, who yelled food fight.
Kim happily helped clean up, Luke would have had had a complete meltdown if they ever had a food fight back in Florida, it was nice that her kids could goof off and be silly without having to worry about getting someone mad at them.
That was until the doorbell rung. Kim's shoulders tensed, she had a feeling that she knew who it was. She must have been right because the next thing we heard was Tommy growl, "My mom's on the phone with police and you have five seconds to run before I morph." He pulled out a morpher as he slowly counted to five.
Maybe he remembered that he left the stove on, maybe he was late for work, but most likely he saw Tommy's eyes flash green and realized that this man would kill him without a second thought and tell the police he was threatening his family, for at that moment he fled.
Tommy was about to chase after him when Kim placed a hand on his shoulder, "Power Rangers don't start fights, we just finish them."
"I thought that was Ladies?" Tommy said, confused.
"It's both," Kim said, "Now let the police do their job."
"But Zack's a police officer, I don't want him to have all the fun," Tommy whined.
Kim gave Tommy a harsh glare, "Tommy, when Jaslee gets this whiny, I make her go to bed." She met his gaze with a look that said, "Just try it and see what happens," Tommy quickly backed away.
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A/N: Wow, three updates in one day how special am I. Check out my other stories if you haven't already, they are, The Struggling Falcon, Power Ranger Protection Force, Kim's True Identity, and my newest story that I posted earlier today Crumbling Earth. Please review and tell me what you think.