Shadows in the Glass

by flipgurlpink11

An incident causes Tommy to retire from the Ranger life following the end of his latest tenure. Years later, an unexpected battle between two warring factions will throw him and the original Rangers into the mix fighting not only for the fate of their city, but for the heart of the team.

40. Out of My Mind

(Author's Notes: Hey everyone here's Chapter 40 & I hope you all continue to keep the reviews coming. Tommy deals with an unexpected visitor, but the situation leaves him and the others divided on their next course of action.)

Chapter 40: Out of My Mind

July 13th, 2009

10:30 p.m

Oliver Residence

Reefside, CA

"Tommy Oliver? That name, it beckons to me by an unknown force in the distance." She murmured in awe holding up a picture. "There's a name, one that has been lingering in my mind. Do you know...the name that I'm talking about? Are you Tommy Oliver?"

"Do you know me? Do you remember me?" Tommy replied, hesitant to reach out but part of her looked like she was out of it. "You can't forget my name can you...just like I can't forget the name of my beautiful pink crane, Kimberly. I need to know...do you remember me, Kimberly? Do you remember your handsome, white falcon?"

He studied her very thoroughly and used his heightened senses in an attempt to read her aura. The woman standing before him may have resembled his beloved wife, his soulmate and his beautiful pink crane. However, Tommy knew the truth of what became of this woman due to the lack of detection of a heartbeat, a pulse or the proper circulation of blood flow through the body.

Yet, the breathing patterns of the Scarlet Sovereign haven't changed over the years and Tommy committed to memory the inhaling and exhaling sounds. He was confused as to why she was here or how she even found her way to the house she once called home. Part of him studied if there was any remnants of the real Kimberly Hart-Oliver underneath the facade that was known as the Scarlet Sovereign. The picture she clutched in her hand looked ironically familiar recognizing it came from his parents' house in Angel Grove.

Was it possible that somehow Kimberly found her way first to his parents' place back in Angel Grove? It will explain why she had the picture his parents took when the couple first moved to Reefside after they completed graduate school in Boston. Maybe it was what caused her to seek him out in Reefside, both him and Amelia. However, he couldn't ignore the sight of blood splatters on her clothes and blood stains on her hands as if she was in a violent fist fight.

"You're him are you? From the picture?" The Scarlet Sovereign replied holding up the picture. "This house, it's from the picture isn't it? Your name, Tommy Oliver it sounds familiar like I know...I know it from somewhere."

"Oh my god, Kimberly?" Tommy murmured in awe taking a step forward, only to find her recoiling her arm back and stepping back. "Kim? Beautiful do you know me?"

"Beautiful? Why...why...do you call me that?" she asked bewildered.

"It's okay, it's okay just please...please stay I won't hurt you." Tommy reluctantly said trying to ease the tension. "Please Kimberly, don't go away again."

"Dad, daddy what's going on?" Amelia yelled from inside the house as the sound of the child's voice caught the Scarlet Sovereign's attention. "Daddy, is that mommy outside?" The last statement that came out of the little girl's mouth startled her as she glanced back at the picture. Tommy watched his wife studying the photograph.

"Mommy? Did that little girl...call me mommy?" She thought eyeing the child standing inside the house. However, she felt that same stirring presence she felt previously and she recalled where she saw Tommy. It was a mental tug of war going on through her but something about the little girl startled her. She sensed something powerful, untrained and raw inside of her. "The little girl, her aura there's something...off about her. It's like an unknown force that pulls me towards her...and you, all of us."

"Dad, what's happening?" Amelia called out as she attempted to come outside. However, Tommy abruptly put a stop to it.

"Amelia, sweetie stay inside!" He ordered his daughter, but the Scarlet Sovereign's attention was solely focused on Amelia. Tommy felt the drastic shift in control and aura of power raging inside of Kimberly, but the photograph she held in her hand was somehow helping her keep her state of mind in check. "Don't worry, I got it under control."

"Amelia? Is...the baby in this picture...is her name Amelia?" she asked looking at him. "Is she your daughter?"

"She is my daughter," Tommy whispered softly. "Amelia is much as mine as she is yours. She's our little defender, the bridge that holds us together."

"Am I'm her in this picture?" She replied, pointing to the image of her younger self in the photograph. "Kimberly? Is that my name? You were in the sanctum weren't you? I feel this pull to you, and yet when you say that name Kimberly it's as if something feels natural about it. I felt weird, like all these strange sensations coming at me all at once. Something...led me here and I can't explain why. I was at a house somewhere in another place but it also felt familiar too like I was there or..."

"...Somehow you're starting to remember your old life, the one that they took away from you for five years." Tommy said in awe. He knew from what Quinn told him that there were drastic side effects to the Everlasting Spell. Did Malo's death begin to unravel the restraints that bind Kimberly to the the Emissary?

"There was a promise: always and forever. Those three words it's like a vow or..."

"...It's a promise for all eternity." Tommy said continuing but he saw some hesitation in her. "Wait, wait don't be afraid. Listen to me Kimberly, I can help you. I know you're confused, disorientated and more than anything I will do everything in my power to keep you safe. Everything you're saying to me, those are memories of your life. That promise of always and forever...it's more than what you know. Your name is Kimberly and my name is Tommy. You know me, and deep down you can never forget me."

"You cared for Kimberly didn't you? You loved her with all your heart, body and soul is that true? I...I...I remember being stuck somewhere in this dark void. I felt cold, lost, there was nothing but darkness and emptiness. But also, I felt this fire burning inside of me, like an untamed flame that doesn't want to yield. I feel all these things coming at me. A lust of power, violence, range, blood, agony, aggression, silence, desolation, anything that doesn't bind me. I let the fire burn...the one that keeps me going." She stared at her bloodstained hands and the small splatters that stained her clothes. "I enjoy it, the fury and the fire within me. I lust for it to quell the urges inside."

"Quell the urges inside?" Tommy asked curiously. "Bloodlust, it's a side effect to the spell isn't it? Oh god, what the hell did they do to you, Beautiful?"

"I quell the urges by taking it out on those whose aura reek of impure intentions, lowlifes and waste of garbage. It's very simple to put them down for good so they don't squander the potential of those around them. There are those who don't know how to keep the impure down, but I do and I make sure they stay down." she said causally.

"Oh no, no, no please don't say it's true." Tommy shook his head and was stunned beyond words. A sickening thought about her bloodstained hands and clothes concluded he knew how she acquired it. "Please tell me you didn't...do you..."

"It quells the urges burning inside of me. No one wouldn't miss them because they're irrelevant beings." she stated. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Because the Kimberly I know doesn't take resort to killing anybody regardless of the things they do. I know you have this urge inside of you, this untamed fire since you were a kid. I've known you for most of my life and you have been an important constant in it. Never for the life of me would I think of the day you kill people because it's not you. They unleashed it didn't they when they made you their weapon, the Scarlet Sovereign?"

"It can't stop, I yet it makes it feels so relaxed and free like there is no limit to what I can do." She replied calmly. "You look at me like I'm suddenly a stranger to you. Part of me just wants to strike you down, but yet I can't because there is something about you that keeps...that..." He started noticing her body shaking and trembling as she started gasping for breath. She clutched the side of her head wincing in pain, but this time she heard the cry of the falcon, calling out to her mentally. "What's that noise? I hear it coming from you...keeping me...it keeps..."

"Keeps you what, Beautiful?" Tommy said as he reached out for her clutching her shoulders. "I hear it...I hear it too. That unknown force, that siren call you can't ignore it and it won't let you ignore it. No matter what they try, you have to...you have to breakthrough because it's what keeps you grounded. Listen to it, the sound of your true calling, your mate calling out to you. Those two sides of the coin that call out to you from deep in the void."

"What's happening to me? I can't...I can't stop it..." she replied gasping for air as she fell to her knees groaning. "I hear something...it keeps calling. They are birds like they're trying to find each other. It's...it's a falcon and crane I hear. Why does it sound familiar?"

"It's part of you and me," Tommy simply answered. "Don't be afraid, Kim I got you. I don't know what's happening but I'm not letting you out of my sight. Consequences be damned right? It's what you always used to say...if you remember."

"Consequences be damned?" She said in a pleading manner. "Can...can you please answer me, Tommy? Do you got me?"

"Dad, is...is...mom alright?" Amelia asked coming out of the house. Whatever overwhelming sensation was taking over the entity known as the Scarlet Sovereign, both Tommy and Amelia felt it. Old habits never died no matter how much time passed as Tommy rushed over and took his wife in his arms after she suddenly fell unconscious. "Dad, what's happening to her

"I...I don't know sweetie but I'm going to find out." He murmured carrying her inside the house. Seeing his wife in the current state and fate she was subjected to got the best of his emotions as a small tear came out from his eye. Tommy looked down at his wayward crane but let out a small smile. "I got you, don't worry. At least you know my name."

11:00 p.m

Reefside Forest

"I take it you found what you were rummaging through in the historical archives?" Zordon asked as he watched Quinn reading through one of the old ancient textbooks knowing the subject the Garrison founder was analyzing. "You know that spell was one that had a lot of repercussions to those arrogant enough to cast it."

"Yeah and now those repercussions are undoing what was done." Quinn stated looking at it. "The Everlasting Spell it sure does have it's double-standards does it?"

"The Falcon and the Crane, their human mates are now answering the Great Power's siren call. It wants them to fulfill their fate and destiny, to reclaim their dominion and claimant as the Bloodline of Power, the last reign rulers of the Ninjetti Kingdom." Dulcea posed as tension hung in the air; the members of the Garrison could feel it, smell it, and touch it.

"But there is a complication knowing what this added addendum will do to our ladyship." Quinn explained. "We knockdown the foundation that holds up the Emissary and one by one it will be reduced to nothing but rubble. However, knowing these crafty bastards they implemented the failed safe contingency and yet, our lordship still clings to that feeble spark of hope of the impossible."

"Unfortunately time is limited and even if he is triumph in his mission, it will be uncertain if the damage inflicted upon our lost crane will be reversible or irreversible. To pull someone from the brink of the void of life and death can have adverse effects." Zordon said. "It was why we kept the Everlasting Spell under great discretion. With each lifespan spent, a new life will be earned and yet she will gain more strength at the cost of her own mental and psychological stability."

"However, for every spell there is a loophole." Dulcea said cryptically. "And yet, should that loophole reveal itself I fear the struggle between light and shadow will only escalate the tension boiling within our Winged Lady of the Skies. The unyielding stirs and the pulse within the innocence is making a noise."

"He's in uncharted waters right now, the White Falcon and I feel a restlessness in the air. A magnitude of forces colliding at once and an awakening coming to pass." Quinn stated listening carefully. "It will only be in a matter of days before the Emissary will come to retrieve their weapon again." The sky within the hidden sanctuary echoed as the Garrison felt the spirits very restless.

There was tension and discord with a hint of conflict and dilemma that stirred. The ramifications of the Emissary's actions against the Ninjetti were being felt in regards to the current state of the pink crane. With time being limited, it was becoming clear that with each second, the future became more clouded and the outcome uncertain.

July 15th, 2009

11:00 a.m

Dune Lion Records

Angel Grove, CA

It was hard to ignore the suspicious minor tremors that shook the downtown core of Angel Grove earlier in the morning. The local news stations and meteorologists classified these tremors as minor earthquakes. However, after an hour of "suspicious earthquakes" Tanya and Zack headed to the lower levels of the record company once the building's lockdown and safety protocol was initiated.

The duo already found the rest of their friends down in the lab investigating the second earthquake they have witnessed in the last 48 hours. The first one occurred the day before after they all returned home from visiting Tommy and Amelia in Reefside. Of course for Tommy, despite living over two hours away from Angel Grove promised to monitor the situation in his old hometown from his lab in Reefside.

There were already warning bells of suspicion being raised among the other ten veterans with these earthquakes. Ironically, the first one occurred a day after they came back from visiting their white falcon and leader. The second one was enough to interrupt Tanya and Zack's rehearsals for the upcoming music festival sponsored by their record company. It was already a full war room scene being played out in the underground lab trying to track the source of these disturbances.

"Thank goodness this building has earthquake insurance," Zack slightly chuckled. "Probably should also add the monster insurance too just in case."

"What's the situation? It was bad cutting the rehearsal schedule short for One Voice," Tanya said. "Also, now we got to replace the mixing board thanks to another tremor."

"Believe us these tremors or earthquakes wouldn't be happening unless we did something to disturb the peace," Billy replied analyzing the computer. "It's needless to say that since the demise of Malo, activity at Rideau Circle has increased."

"You mean when we took our prisoner to Reefside for an impromptu execution by beheading?" Jason said with sarcasm. "Well we know now how to permanently kill the Emissary leaders. All we have to do is let some heads roll."

"Why does that still make me feel uneasy?" Kat questioned.

"Because we're not known for going around stabbing or dismembering our enemies." Trini said. "Watching Quinn behead our enemy like it was nothing makes me wonder."

"And what would that be?" Adam asked.

"If we have to be as ruthless, aggressive and violent like the Garrison to fight the Emissary." Justin said with unease. "But then, watching Tommy in action during that whole interrogation of Malo it was as if he had that same intensity and ruthless aggression."

"Except Tommy tapped into the darkest shadows of himself to get the job done." Jason replied sighing. "And then to figure out he did that before, it's hard to imagine or even picture the thought of my best friend and even my little sister going that dark. The looming shadow that lurks inside of Tommy is Dragon, just like the Scarlet Sovereign is the shadow that looms within Kimberly. You could say, each of us has looming shadows buried within us, a darkness we try to contain."

"That I agree upon," Trini added.

"Still, there is that lingering question about what will happen once the remaining pillars of the Emissary are destroyed." Aisha added.

"And what becomes of Kimberly?" Rocky asked. "You heard what Quinn said about that spell those bastards cast on her. We don't know the full extent of the Everlasting Spell cast on her. Unfortunately, all we know is more harm will be done to her than good."

"Well it's just another problem to add to our ever growing list of impossible tasks." Billy said as he finished working on what looked like a mini drone. After analyzing the data from the last earthquake, he pulled out the old blueprints from the abandoned subway project. "On the upside, I think that last little earthquake may have given us the opening we need to investigate."

"Investigate what precisely?" Jason asked. "Is there a reason why you built a mini drone?"

"Because the activity underneath Angel Grove will only increase if we proceed on the next course of action," Billy continued pointing to a particular section of the old blueprint to the others. "This section of the old subway plans was suppose to be the main line and this runs throughout the downtown area of Angel Grove. Based on the schematics, the subway line would have ended with the last station being at the site of where Rideau Circle stands. The old tunnels still exist and if I can pilot this drone into the tunnel systems then..."

"We can figure out the exact location of how to get to the source beneath Rideau Circle." Justin said. "Still, we need to work on getting the long range wave scanners to properly work if we can get a visual inside the tunnels. Plus, we need to enhance the chip and processing board on the drone to go more than 5 miles underground based on the geological readings we took near the Rideau Circle site."

"I think I can work on getting you the parts you guys need to enhance the drone." Jason replied. "I knew a former colleague who was part of Ryback's unit during my service days in the Armed Forces. He was a communications and surveillance tactical specialist. He owns an electronics shop in Stone Canyon I can put a call into him for help."

"Good because we need to run a few trial runs before sending that drone in." Billy continued. "Also, in order to pinpoint a precise location to penetrate, we would probably have to do things that will cause us to go beyond the gray line. My hypothesis tells me these tremors were triggered once Malo was disposed."

"So basically to pinpoint a precise location we got to kill off another one of the pillars of the Emissary?" Adam asked letting out a little chuckle.

"Yeah so all we need to do is go all hack and slash on one them and let their head roll?" Zack replied sarcastically. "Well, that sounds like an easy job."

"Let us be reminded that the Emissary once used to be minions of some of the greatest foes we faced that served the likes of Rita, Zedd, King Mondo, Divatox and any other enemies that came after." Kat added. "They served as heralds so they know how to fight us."

"But we know them too because we faced them before and defeated them." Jason pointed out. "We can do it again, even if we have to tap into the deepest and farthest reaches of ourselves to get the job done. Remember, it's not only the fate of Angel Grove we're fighting for, but also for Kimberly too. God knows what state of mind Tommy is in trying to reel with anything involving his wife and his daughter."

As the others continued to talk about their latest plans, Tanya felt her phone vibrate seeing she got an text message from Kira. Curious as to why Tommy's former student was texting her she read the message involving "a delicate situation" in Reefside according to the former Yellow Dino Thunder Ranger. However, the shift in her expression got Adam's attention along with the others.

"Tanya, what is it?" Adam asked seeing Tanya reading her text message.

"Hey Tan, is everything alright?" Jason asked.

"Well surprisingly I got a text message from Kira." Tanya said, taking a deep breath. "Apparently there is a "delicate situation" occurring in Reefside and she feels that we should know about it. More importantly, she feels that we need to get to Tommy's place right away. She has Ethan on standby in Tommy's lab to prepare us to teleport."

"What would be deemed a delicate situation that Tommy's former students would want us to know about?" Kat asked suspiciously.

"Because our fearless leader has been holding up an unexpected houseguest that showed up the other night after we left his place." Tanya explained. "He didn't want us to know about it out of conflict of interest on how we will deal with it if we found out."

"And exactly who showed up at Tommy's house unannounced?" Jason asked. "Is it someone we should be worried about?"

"Look, this is something as a team we need to deal with together the sooner we get to Reefside." Tanya replied, sighing. "It's about Kimberly. She's the unexpected guest that showed up at his house."

2:00 pm

Oliver Residence

Reefside, CA

Tommy simply just watched her these last few days, keeping her at an arm's length distance anticipating her next course of action. He was wrestling with a tidal wave of emotions but part of him didn't want to let her go again. For five years, he was haunted by dreams and nightmares of his memories of his Beautiful pink crane and princess: both the good, the bad and everything in between.

However, hoping for the impossible to become reality had its drawbacks as he observed the woman who was once known as Kimberly Hart-Oliver wandering flightless, disorientated and an empty shell of the person she once was. There was an tremendous amount of damage done to her state of mind both mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. She was pulled back beyond the void of life and death to resume an existence she fought to prevent; one that would unleash the looming shadows and untamed fire and impulses she kept at bay for years.

It made him wonder within that damage vessel was there still some recollection of the woman who captured his heart all those years ago remaining? For now, Tommy could only live in the moment knowing he cannot regain the five years of life stolen away from the woman he loves. Time was unpredictable and he didn't know how long he had with her until it will fall apart again. Also, it there was also that debate of telling the others about his surprise visitor he had confined to his house the last few days.

"You know you have to tell Jason and the others about this." Hayley said while she and Tommy observed Kimberly wandering in the living room. "So far, it's been three days and we haven't experienced a mental Monty episode. Heck, your former students refuse to leave Amelia alone out of fear for what will happen if...well if...she..."

"I don't blame them for wanting to stay over the last few days because they care about Amelia." Tommy replied. "She seems calm whenever she's around Amelia which is a good sign I presume." He took a deep breath and then continued. "She traveled a long way from Angel Grove all the way to Reefside because of that picture she took from my parents' place Hayley. But then when she showed up in front of my house, seeing her in the state she was in, I just couldn't let her go again. Despite her state of mind, that is still my wife, the woman I love and the mother of my child. It was a risk, a huge calculated risk I took and to the tell the others about Kim, especially Jason..."

"Are you meaning to tell me that Kim, was she responsible for that news report about that attack at the docks the other night?" Hayley asked surprisingly.

"It's not the first time she has done this," Tommy said sighing. "Those news coverage of so called vigilantism in Angel Grove that Jason has been investigating. Imagine telling my best friend that this so called vigilante he's been trying to track is one and the same person. One of the major side effects of Kim being brought back to life is an uncontrollable bloodlust. I'm guessing the Emissary's way of curing it was to let Kim go off in the middle of the night murdering innocent people, except the people she was killing were criminals. Never in a million years did I ever imagine Kim crossing that gray line out of impulsion to control this thing inside of her."

"Tommy you know about Jason's opinion about this whole vigilante thing." Hayley interjected. "I know you're shocked beyond belief that the woman in the other room has done things you never imagined. What about Amelia? What do you think will happen when she finds out the truth?"

"Do you think I haven't thought about my daughter? She's worried about her mom too as much as I am." Tommy explained. "Amy thinks that her special powers somehow lured Kim here. Look Hayley, I don't know how long I got with Kimberly but right now I'm taking it one moment at a time. It should feel right that she's home where she belongs, but at the same time I look at her it's as if she's not fully home or truly herself. However, my gut tells me that I have to make the heart wrenching choice again."

"And what choice is that Tommy?"

"I have to send her away again knowing that the Emissary will stop at nothing to retrieve their weapon." Tommy sighed. "And for Amelia's sake, I can't let them know the truth about my daughter that she's the key to opening what lies beneath Angel Grove. It's like the longer Kim and I are within each others' presence, Amelia's power grows to the point we can no longer keep it contained. Amelia somehow possesses the Great Power within her because the Bloodline of Power created the key of the Ninjetti's future lineage. It's power buried deep within her: unlimited, unyielding and untrained. That is why the Emissary are after her and it was why the Garrison went to great lengths to keep the power contained and restrained within her. The unknown force that beckons me and Kim, it's coming from Amelia and I need to figure it all out before it's too late."

As Tommy and Hayley continued to chat, they didn't notice the former Dino Thunder Rangers coming upstairs from the lab with Amelia in tow. Unfortunately, what Tommy didn't know was that his former Yellow Ranger put a call to his friends to inform them about the situation in Reefside.

It would only be a matter of minutes before Ethan will teleport the rest of the original veterans and things were going to get interesting. With Ethan on standby in the lab downstairs, the three former students walked in hearing some stunning revelations about their unexpected guest.

"Are you sending mommy away again?" Amelia asked as she came into the room with Tommy's former team. "Is it because she is that vigilante that Uncle Jason is looking for in Angel Grove?"

"Amelia?! Guys how long were all you standing there?" Tommy asked surprisingly stunned.

"Long enough to hear that you find yourself in quite a predicament Dr. O with your not so whole wife over there." Connor stated but received a nudge in the stomach from Kira due to his comment.

"Is it true what you said about Kimberly or the Scarlet Sovereign, or whatever the hell they call her?" Trent added. "Was she responsible for what happened the other night at the docks? Did she...well...did she go all Punisher on those guys there?"

"Alright yes, Kim was responsible for what happened the other night at the docks," Tommy confirmed sighing leaning against the wall. "Just like she was responsible for all those vigilante attacks occurring in Angel Grove. Yes, Trent you can refer to it that my wife went all Punisher out on those people. Was I suppose to know that one of the major drawbacks on bringing someone back to life is an uncontrollable bloodlust for violence?"

"Did mommy hurt some bad people daddy?" Amelia asked looking at her mom. "What's going to happen to her?"

"Honestly I don't know but she's not in the right frame of mind." Tommy explained. "Probably her exposure to the substance they used to bring her back to life must have messed up her head and her psyche." He then focused his attention on Amelia. "Princess, I need you to know that whatever is going on with your mom right now, she's not herself because the evil people made her forget about us. She may have done things that she wouldn't do but remember what I told you about your mom? That locket I gave you, that's the real person your mommy is. However, we are going to help her someway and somehow. Do you trust me kiddo and do you believe me?"

"I always will trust you daddy and I believe in you." Amelia reassured clutching her locket. "You told me that the picture inside my locket is who my mom is. She has a lot of tingling feelings inside of her and some of it are good and bad. I know mommy won't hurt us because you're her falcon like in the stories you tell me just like I'm her and yours' little defender?"

"Boy, Amy here does hold a lot of faith you Dr. O," Kira stated. "Especially since I may have let it slip out to Jason and the other veterans about the situation..."

"...Wait a minute? Hold up for a moment?" Tommy stopped his former student before she can continue. "Kira, did you tell Jason and the others about Kim being here?"

"Dr. O they are your friends and the guys and I did this for Amelia's safety and wellbeing." Kira explained but Tommy let out a frustrated sigh over the fact that his former rangers took matters into their own hands. However, the young woman expected this from her former mentor and was prepared to justify her reasons.

"Thank you Kira for adding another complication for me to deal with," Tommy sighed frustrated. "Look, I know you guys felt this is out of Amelia's benefit and I respect that because you all care for my daughter. However, you guys went behind my back to warn my friends that I potentially risk my safety and my daughter's by keeping Kim here."

"Why do you think we stayed here for the last two nights?" Kira argued as they took the conversation into the kitchen to avoid it being overheard. "Dr. O, as much as you took all the necessary precautions to protect yourself and Amelia, it will only be a matter of time before Kimberly goes wild and feral again. She maybe your wife, but whatever they did to her made her become something else."

"Kira has a point Dr. Oliver," Trent added. "You're about the only one who can match up to par with Kimberly, but what about the rest of us?"

"Look guys, I'm trying to figure things out as they go without risking all of your safeties, especially Amelia." Tommy explained. "It's already done and it will only take a matter of moments before Jason and the rest of the guys arrive. After what happened with Malo a few days back, right now things will intensify and I have to ready myself if the Emissary shows up once again in Reefside. Things have been heating up in Angel Grove and I can't risk adding Reefside to the mix of it all."

"But with Kimberly here Reefside is already now in the mix of things." Connor added. "That hidden Ninjetti kingdom in the forest is the one last secret the Garrison has kept off the Emissary's radar. If you say that whatever magic spell they cast to keep Kimberly bind to them, it means that they'll know where she is."

"I know and the last thing I don't want to do is jeopardize the one last secret the Garrison has long protected for many eons." Tommy continued, sighing. "It gets hard every time and believe me I have already been through it on more than one occasion. Just when I think I can somehow keep the woman I love in arm's lengths and with me, I have to make a choice that causes me to choose over the needs of the heart. Despite it all, that connection I have with Kim remains in tact no matter how compromised and damaged it is. No matter the trials and tribulations I have to endure throughout all of this, part of me knows that regardless of it, we still fight for one another. She has been my constant since I was eleven years old and the one person that embodies everything in my life. She is my entire world: my soulmate, my beautiful pink crane, princess, my Winged Lady of the Skies and she is both the light an shadow within me just like I'm hers. No words can describe the love I have for her because it goes beyond the eternal love we hold. It's a vow that encompasses it with three words: Always and Forever."

While the others were in the kitchen talking, Amelia remained in the living room continuing to study her mother's movements. She noticed Kimberly looking at the pictures and everything in the room as if she was trying to recall any recollection of her life as Kimberly Hart-Oliver. However, she wasn't deaf to overhear Tommy and his former students talking about her in the kitchen. She turned around to notice the little girl who remained in the room with her.

"Always and forever, does that mean something to Tommy?" She asked the little girl as she looked at another photograph. "Does it mean something special to you too?"

"Daddy says it's a vow when two people like you and him say to one another. He says it was your promise to him for a very long time and that no matter what happens, somehow you'll remember it." Amelia said slightly smiling. "Daddy says that you went away and the bad people made you forget about him and me. The angry firebird inside of you makes you do things that are not you and the pink crane helps both daddy's white falcon and green dragon keep you safe. It's their way of making sure you don't go back to the empty place again."

"The empty place?! What do you mean by that?" She asked confusingly.

"It's because of the tingling feeling inside of daddy and me." Amelia said moving closer to her mom. "There's a lot of tingling feelings inside of you mommy and it makes you do a lot of things that are either good or bad. Dad can feel it and so can I and he doesn't want you to disappear again. It makes him sad whenever the dark tingling feelings inside of you start acting up. Mommy, do you remember who you are?"

"I...I wish...I wish I knew but something tells me that Tommy is a big part of who I once was." She replied surprisingly, but she found herself amazed by the maturity radiating from the little girl. "I sense...something unique and special about you, Amelia. These feelings and stirring urges inside of tears at me from all sides, but for some reason being here with you and Tommy calms me down. Why is that?"

"Because you love daddy very much, well if only you can remember before the wild tingling feelings inside of you make you act like different. It happened before but you don't remember because dad had to make you go away again." The seven year old took a deep breath as she watch her mom put the picture back down. "It's going to happen again isn't it? The part where you do things that are not very good. If Uncle Jason finds out then dad will get into a lot of trouble with his friends. Are...are the wild tingling feelings inside of you going to hurt me and dad again?"

"I don't know but for some reason part of me feels like I need to control it," she replied. "But also at the same time I like it when that fire inside of me burns. I know something happened to me and I found myself lost in this unknown void between life and death. For powers beyond my imagination, I came back but different. I started having these flashbacks, small triggers of a life that this body once lived. For the life of me, you and Tommy were important people to Kimberly Oliver. However, I can't...I can't harm you or your dad for the life of me. I sense something stirring inside of you, an unknown force that beckons me and your dad. You're a mysterious child do you know that, Amelia? I can't explain what's happening to me or if you or him are the reason for it, but something compels me to keep you safe."

"Are you starting to remember daddy again? Is my special power making you remember how much you love dad?" Amelia asked smiling grabbing a hold of her mom's hands, much to her stun surprise. "Please mommy, you have to remember so daddy doesn't feel sad again. Please, don't let the wild tingling feeling takeover! Mommy, please!"

She flinched for a moment but something about Amelia and being in the house was causing an overwhelming sensation. She felt herself hyperventilating and convulsing as her condition started to frighten Amelia that the little girl started panicking. "Daddy! Daddy help! Dad, something is happening to mommy!"

In a matter of seconds, Tommy ran back into the living room as Kimberly's convulsions intensified while Amelia was immediately pulled away by Hayley. He rushed to Kim's side after she collapsed on her knees letting out an anguished cry as Tommy grabbed her shoulders trying to comfort her.

"Kimberly?! Kim, look at me!" Tommy said trying to comfort her. "Hey come on Beautiful, don't be scared. Just breathe in and out, I'm right here. What's happening?"

"Something doesn't feel right like it's tearing me apart on the inside out. Why are you here with me? Can...you make it stop?" She groaned withering in pain. However, it became too much for her once again as she fell unconscious in Tommy's arms, much to everyone else's surprise. As she passed out from the pain she gave Tommy a pleading look. "What is...happening to me?"

"I promise you I'm going to find out if it's the last thing I do." Tommy whispered to his unconscious wife. "I'm not going to give up on you Beautiful, mark my words. I need you to survive and endure whatever comes next. Consequences be damned okay?"

It was obvious that Tommy was distracted by the ongoing bunts and episodes with Kimberly's condition that he wasn't aware of the additional presence of his longtime friends who arrived unannounced. The term "delicate situation" as Kira vaguely described about the situation at their fearless leader's house became very clear.

They didn't know what to make of the situation or how they felt about it. However, all they knew witnessing Tommy's desperate pleas of reassurance in a complicated dilemma, they had a lot to discuss and debate about their next course of action.