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�Are you feeling okay?� Tommy asked as he walked up behind Kim as she stared at herself in the mirror and let out another sigh. She just could not believe that she was pregnant again and she felt that everyone would know it by looking at her. �You look great, Kim.�
�You have to say that, you�re my husband,� Kim said as she blew a stray strand of hair out of her face and Tommy tried, unsuccessfully, to hold in a laugh. She was so funny to him when she doubted how she looked. He never would think that she didn�t look beautiful, even when she was sick or just woke up, it didn�t matter to him. �I knew it!�
�Kim, look at me, you are still beautiful to me and you always will be,� Tommy whispered as he looked at her in the mirror and she saw the hunger in his eyes. It was something that Tommy never seemed to be able to hide, even if he wanted to and right now she knew that he wanted her to know exactly how he felt. �No one will be able to tell that you�re pregnant by looking at you, unless you just leave your hand on your stomach like that.�
�Tommy...� Kim trailed off as she moved her hand and he guided his own to her flat stomach and pulled her in tighter.
�Mama!� Chris yelled as he tottered over and Kim reached down for him and picked him up.
�Tell Mama she looks pretty,� Tommy said to Chris as just smiled at Kim and snuggled up against her. �At least he agrees with me. You look fine, Kim, come on, the others are waiting.�
�Okay,� Kim barely whispered as Chris giggled with delight and wound his little arms around her tightly.
�What took you so long?� Trini asked with concern as she looked over at Kim and saw the tiredness in her eyes. �Kim...�
�I�ll explain it at supper,� Kim said as Tommy reached over and put his arm around her and she settled against him quickly. She was exhausted from the jet lag and not sure that she would be able to take much more tonight.
�You don�t look so hot,� Andros muttered as he gave Kim a concerned look of his own and Tommy then glared at him over Kim�s head. �As in you look sick.�
�I know, I don�t exactly feel that great,� Kim said as Andros looked between Kim and Tommy and then smiled. �What is that look for?�
�Another bun in the oven,� Andros whispered in Kim�s ear as she looked at him in shock. �It�s pretty obvious by the look on his face and you haven�t acted like this since...�
�Thanks,� Kim whispered as Andros smiled at the two of them.
�Any time, Kim,� Andros said as they all walked into the restaurant and the hostess gave them a startled look.
�Did you call for reservations?� the hostess asked, slightly distressed as Madeline pressed her way to the front and handed the hostess a note from Fred. �Oh, this is the special group that we held the back room for...I was worried that you would never show up.�
�We had some complications,� Madeline said as she looked back at the others and Kim gave her a sheepish grin.
�Well, let me take you back there,� the hostess said, politely as they followed her and they tried to make themselves as discreet as possible, considering how many of them that there were.
�Do you think that we are safe?� BethAnn asked as she looked back at the older rangers and Tommy shrugged his shoulders, he was not sure about anything anymore. He had thought that he would not be asked about any of this, but obviously that had changed.
�I think we just need to let tonight be about talking about things that are meaningless,� T.J. said as Tommy barely nodded his head in agreement, although he was sure that their news did not fall into that category.
�So, what has been going on with all of you?� Aisha asked, looking at the younger rangers and they just smiled.
�We�ve been trying to keep from saying too much,� Maddox said as Tommy just shook his head.
�We wouldn�t be here if you hadn�t said something,� Tommy said, rather pointedly, as Maddox barely nodded his head in agreement. �It�s all right, I think we all knew that we were going to have to eventually come in to settle all of this mess. They were not just going to take our report for what it was. That would be far too simple.�
�So why didn�t you just come here to begin with?� Madeline asked as Kim and Tommy exchanged a glance.
�We all hoped that you would be able to handle this on your own, but it is obvious that you can�t. The things that they really want to know are things that you only have a basic knowledge of, at best,� Andros said as they looked over at him. �But, we didn�t come here tonight to talk about what we were brought here for. We came here to actually try to relax.�
�I didn�t know that relaxing was something that was even possible to do,� Maddox said as Tommy just shook his head. He knew that the five of them had had to be on their guard for the past two weeks, but now was time for them to calm down. The big guns had been called in to clean up the mess.
�You�ve got us here now, you can relax,� Kim said as Madeline looked down at her and gave her a concerned look.
�Don�t the two of you have some news?� Madeline said, as Tommy glared down at her and Kim silently covered her face as Tommy steered her towards a chair and the others followed.
�We�ll get around to that sort of news later,� Tommy said as Madeline gave him a suspicious look, but Kim barely even acknowledged either one of them. �We need some food in our system before that.�
�Tommy, your news sounds like we are all going to need a couple of beers after this,� Aisha said as Kim shook her head that that was not the case.
�It�s just something that you�re not going to expect to hear,� Kim said as Aisha and Trini exchanged a glance before they both shook their heads. They knew that if Kim was determined to keep this a secret, then they were not going to be able to get it out of her until Tommy told them whatever it was.
�Well, I guess that we would never think that anything would be unexpected from the two of you,� Rocky said as Kim and Tommy both laughed. They were the king and queen of unexpected things around here.
�We get the point,� Tommy said as the waitress came around and took their orders, which they were all grateful for, at least they would have some time to talk in peace.
�So how have all of you been?� BethAnn asked as they all exchanged a glance.
�We�ve been alright, for the most part,� Jason said as he glanced over at Kim and Tommy. He knew that she had been sick for the last week or so, but he didn�t want to mention that to them right now.
�What do you mean for the most part?� Garrett asked as Kim looked over at Tommy and he reached over for her hand.
�I�ve kinda been sick,� Kim said as they all looked at her and she found herself paying a lot more attention to Chris as Tommy took a deep breath.
�What we have to say kinda has to pertain to that,� Tommy said as they all looked at him in anticipation, but the waitress showed up with their drinks at that time and he clamped his mouth shut.
�Spit it out,� T.J. said as Tommy looked over at Kim and she barely shook her head that he could go ahead and say it.
�We�re going to have another baby,� Tommy said as the table went silent for a moment as they processed it and then the congratulatory remarks began.
�Congratulations!� The younger rangers chorused together as Trini and Aisha both stood and threw their arms around Kim in excitement.
�That�s why you�ve been so distant?� Trini asked as Kim barely nodded and they both squeezed her again.
�That�s why you went down that aisle last week?� Jason asked as a few of the others looked at him and Tommy barely nodded his head yes. �You know, I never really thought that you would do that willingly.�
�Actually it was willingly,� Tommy said as Jason stared at him.
�He went and got the test for you?� Trini asked as Kim nodded her head yes and the other guys looked at him in complete and total shock. They never would go down that aisle, especially if they didn�t have to go do it.
�He figured it out before I did,� Kim said as Jason looked over at him sideways and Tommy just shook his head.
�How could you figure that sort of thing out?� Jason asked as Tommy just shook his head.
�I think that he knows me better that I know myself some times,� Kim said as Jason just shook his head. He knew that he knew Trini well, but he would never have been able to figure out that she was pregnant unless she just threw up for several weeks on end.
�That�s scary,� BethAnn said as several of the others nodded. They could not believe that Tommy would know her like this.
�So when are the two of you going to the doctor?� Madeline asked as Kim shrugged her shoulders.
�As soon as we get back,� Tommy said as they looked over at him. �It�s not like we have much of a choice about it, we can�t go find a new obstetrician just because we are across the country for a few days.�
�If this doesn�t go well...� Madeline trailed off as they all looked over at her.
�We will make this work, Madeline,� Tommy said, with an air of certainty that left them no doubt that all of this was going to be fixed, one way or another.
�How can you be so certain?� Sam asked as Tommy looked over at him.
�They have nothing on us and we did not use any extra money to make the team that saved you. We just used what the rangers have always used and if they don�t like the fact that we know how to fight when the going gets rough, they can kiss my ass,� Tommy said as the younger rangers stared over at him.
�You can�t go in there like that tomorrow,� Madeline said with a sense of worry as Tommy looked over at her.
�Madeline, I hate to say this, but we may have to be exactly like that to get our point across,� Andros said as their food was brought in and they each took it with gratitude, but had no interest in eating immediately.
�You can�t really believe that they are going to put you in jail for this. You haven�t done anything wrong,� Maddox said as they all looked at each other.
�They didn�t want for us to be rangers, but we never signed anything that expressly forbid us from becoming rangers ever again. We had to do what we had to do to save the earth. Why do you think that we were so willing to keep these powers? We couldn�t keep going through this and we didn�t want anyone else to ever have to,� Tommy said as they looked at each other and they realized that the older rangers had sacrificed so much more than they had ever known.
�We never knew...� Madeline trailed off as she just looked around at them and they all gave her a half smile. They had been trying to not be this blunt with the rangers, but they had had to be. It had finally come to the point where they could not just skirt around the details anymore, they all deserved to have some sort of idea about what was going on.
�You weren�t supposed to, it just happened that this seems to be the only way that things will be solved,� Tommy said as he looked around at them. �We never meant to bring all of you into this, especially considering what is going on, but there is nothing that we can do about it. This is the best thing that we can do and we�re going to try to keep you out of it as much as we can.�
�You don�t need to do that for us anymore,� Maddox said as all the others nodded their heads in agreement. �It�s time that you have a life and we want to give that to you.�