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The morning dawned early for the rangers as they woke from their slumber. All of them had stayed out far too long last night, catching up on things that they had not been able to talk about in a long time. It was all a lot for them to deal with, but it was something that they needed to do. It was the best thing that they could have done at the moment and it was the thing that had saved them from thinking about everything that was going on. They could not have stood it anymore, considering what was going on right now.
�Mama! Mama �ake up!� Chris yelled as his little fists beat against Kim�s shoulders as Tommy held him over her body and she groaned as she woke up to his smiling face and she looked up at Tommy.
�Hey baby,� Kim whispered as she gave him a kiss and he then gave her a very sloppy kiss back. �Good morning, Daddy.�
�Morning, Mama,� Tommy whispered back as he gave her a kiss and she slowly sat up. �You feeling better this morning?�
�Not really,� Kim whispered as Chris reached over and clung to her and she gently put both of her arms around him. �I�ll make it Tommy, today is just going to be about finishing up what we started.�
�Hopefully we�ll be able to do that without any problems,� Tommy said as Kim barely nodded her head in agreement. She could not agree with him more on that point, as she just wanted to get back home. If she was going to suffer from morning sickness, she would rather be at home in her own bed. �How do you think the others spent last night?�
�They probably talked about everything that they know is going on. They don�t have a sixteen month old on their hands,� Kim said as Tommy barely nodded as Kim passed him to Tommy and headed for the bathroom.
�Do you want me to just let you stay up here with Chris today and get some rest?� Tommy asked as she retched over the toilet bowl and he gently rubbed her back.
�Rest? With Chris here? Tommy, it�s not going to happen,� Kim said as he tottered into the bathroom and started patting her back which caused them both to smile.
�You want Mama to get better, don�t you?� Tommy said squatting down and lacing his arms around Kim and picking her up. �I�ll take him, you just stay here and rest.�
�But...� Kim began as he just shook his head.
�Call for some room service, get some rest, sweetie. I don�t want to relive what happened a few years ago,� Tommy whispered as he placed her in bed and gave her a kiss.
�Okay,� Kim whispered as her eyes closed and she heard Tommy silently gather the diaper bag and pick Chris up before he walked out.
�Where�s Kim?� Madeline asked as Tommy walked down alone and he merely looked over at her and shook his head.
�She doesn�t feel so well, I just want to let her rest today,� Tommy said as Trini nodded and then reached over and took Chris from his arms.
�I miss having one of these with me,� Trini said as she shook her face in front of Chris and he laughed. They were all concerned about how Kim�s body would take this, but none of them wanted to say that to Tommy. They all knew that he was thinking about it already. �How do you think this is going to be today?�
�I just want to finish today, I want to be able to get her home,� Tommy said as they looked over at him.
�Well, the only way that you�ll do that is if we get in there and start talking,� Maddox said as Tommy nodded. He completely agreed, but he still did not feel extremely comfortable about all of this. He just had the feeling that things were about to head downhill fast.
�Good morning,� Fred said as they looked around and noticed the extra officials again. �We have some visitors today.�
�That�s good,� Tommy said as he just shook his head. �We should be able to finish all of this up by the end of the day.�
�How long are you planning on keeping us here?� Agent Flowers asked as Tommy looked over at him.
�Until we are finished and that may take all day,� Tommy said as he glared over at Agent Flowers, who could not help but squirm. He did not feel that he had any reason to fear the other rangers, but he knew that Tommy was one person that he did not want to deal with. He had found that much out the hard way. �I�m tired of bull shit and at this point that is all I have seen around here.�
�You know I could have you arrested right now,� Agent Flowers threatened as Tommy looked over at Jason and the both of them just shook their heads. They would like to see him try and see what �accidentally� happened to him.
�Yeah, but I don�t really know what charges you could think up of and if you stress my wife out anymore, I swear that we�re going to have problems,� Tommy said as Agent Flowers gave him a funny look.
�By the way, where is she?� Agent Flowers said as Tommy shook his head in disgust.
�She�s not feeling so good,� Tommy said as Agent Flowers smiled.
�I love hearing that,� Agent Flowers said as he took a step towards the door and Sam grabbed his arm.
�You are going to let her get some rest,� Sam said with an icy tone as the older rangers exchanged a look. The only ranger that Sam had ever been close to was Kim and none of them knew why, but they respected that he had at least found one person that was in his corner.
�Is there something that I should know about her current condition?� Agent Flowers said as Tommy glared at him and Sam only slightly slackened his grip. He was more than willing to let Tommy have his fun if he thought it would help.
�You shouldn�t know anything about that, Harry,� Fred said as Agent Flowers looked over at him in shock. �They�ve got lives that have nothing to do with them being rangers, now will you please let me go about the job that I was assigned?�
�You are a brave man Stevenson,� Agent Flowers said as Fred shook his head.
�Well, I guess I am, since I am the one truly facing the rangers, not you,� Fred said pointedly as Agent Flowers started to object, but then sat down, knowing that he was not going to get anywhere against that argument. �Now, if you will please precede with your story, so that we can try to get you home today.�
�Thank you,� Tommy said as he sat down and Chris reached over for him and he quickly took him.
�They found a way to make this stop?� Jason asked, bewildered as everyone else, as they sat down in the Command Center.
�A way to make it stop? Who said anything about a way to make it stop?� Aisha asked as Jason looked over at her. He could only assume that that was why they were brought here, although they did not say anything about it.
�They have found out something, Ish, otherwise we wouldn�t be here,� Rocky said as Aisha looked over at him, surprised that he was being this level headed. She knew that this had to be driving him up the wall, but for some reason he was being calm.
�Yeah, but what have they found and why aren�t T.J. and Andros here either?� Trini said in a tone of concern as Rocky just shrugged his shoulders. There could always be a chance that they just hadn�t made it here yet, but none of them honestly believed that.
�Hey guys,� Kim said walking out and taking a seat between Trini and Aisha.
�What�s going on?� Jason asked as Kim let out a long sigh.
�T.J. and Andros are going to explain it, I just kinda got the ball rolling,� Kim said as each one gave her their own curious glance. �Please, don�t look at me like that.�
�We�re just wondering what�s going on here,� Trini said as Kim barely nodded her head. She would be in the same position that they were in if she had not be instrumental in the development of this project.
�Hey guys,� Tommy said as he walked out with Andros and T.J. close behind him, looking rather worried about the way that these rangers would take it. Tommy had taken it pretty well and had agreed to what they were asking, but they didn�t know if the others would be anywhere near as receptive, considering what it could cost them.
�What�s going on?� Jason asked as the three of them sat down and Kim looked down at her feet. She did not want to see their reactions, considering what was going on right now.
�We�ve found a way to diminish the power source to where no one will want to attack the earth,� Andros said as they gave him a curious look, he had definitely gotten their attention with that statement. They had all been looking for a way out of this ever since they had gotten in this mess, but it seemed that they were going to be stuck for awhile.
�How can you possibly do that? Billy was sure that it would be dangerous to even attempt it,� Trini said as T.J. and Andros exchanged a glance. They both knew better than to go against what the brain Billy said, but they had found a way.
�He said that it would be dangerous to attempt it with the inexperienced rangers, he did not say anything about what would happen if we attempted it,� Andros said as they looked at them and then began shaking their heads.
�There is no way that we will take powers, have you seen what that has done to us in the past? What�s to say that they won�t go after earth, just because we have the powers?� Jason asked as Andros and T.J. exchanged a glance. They had known that this question would come up, but they had sincerely hoped that it would not.
�They�ll only come after us once, we�ll be far too powerful for them to even attempt it more than that,� T.J. said as they looked over at him in surprise.
�So we will have to fight one more time?� Aisha asked as Andros nodded his head yes and they all looked at each other, silently agreeing to what must be done.
�We�ll do it,� Jason said, as Andros and T.J. let out the breath that they had been holding. They had never thought that they would be afraid to face the first group of rangers, but tonight had been their undoing. It was one thing to talk to Kim, but it was a completely different ball game when they had to talk to Tommy and the other male rangers. They were never going to give them a chance to just say it without thoroughly going through everything that they could think of.
�Now that that has been decided, we have to get the powers straightened out and who will get what,� Andros said as they all looked around, hoping that someone else could explain it.
�It�s simple each one of us will receive a power, but deciding which is compatible with whom is the problem,� T.J. said as Kim and Tommy looked over at the two of them, they had not heard about this hitch in the plan. �It�s not a huge deal, Tommy�s was easy and Kim�s should be as well. The four other red rangers and the two yellow rangers is where the problem resides. Not all of us can have red...but only the true red ranger can have it, same thing with yellow.�
�How are we going to figure this out?� Jason asked as Andros and T.J. held up a manual. �What the hell is that?�
�The essences of each color, white and pink have been determined by default. Now we have yellow, red, blue, green, black, and gold to fight over,� Andros said as the other rangers let out frustrated sighs. �Hey, we know it sucks, but if we don�t do this, then we�re going to be doing a lot more of this in the future. It�s time that the rangers come to an end.�
�Yeah it is,� Trini said as she nodded her head. �I want my life back.�
�Tri...you don�t mean that,� Jason said as Trini looked over at him and then back at the others.
�It�s been great being a ranger, but its time for it to end, even if we do wind up with permanent powers,� Trini said as they all nodded their heads in agreement. �So what exactly did you compile in that book?�
�Everything we knew about these powers and everything we knew about how powers had been picked in the past,� Andros said as Jason shook his head.
�Let�s get it over with,� Jason said as he took a book from Andros and began scanning through the pages, as the other rangers did the same. They were all afraid that they were going to be in for a very long day.
�Daddy!� Chris cried, fussily, as Tommy stopped talking to try to calm him down. He did this when he was away from Kim too long and Tommy knew that it was going to be rough for him to get Chris calmed down.
�It�s okay buddy,� Tommy whispered as he gently bounced him on his knees, hoping that he would be able to calm him down quickly.
�Mama...� Chris cried as Trini reached for him, but he only started kicking his feet at that point.
�Can we break for a few minutes while I take him up to Kim?� Tommy asked as he knew that Chris was not going to calm down for anyone here, no matter how hard he tried or they tried.
�Sure, that�s fine,� Fred said as Tommy stood up and walked out of the room.
�What do you have to say about him? Is there anything that he did to make you doubt his leadership?� Agent Flowers asked as the older rangers glared over at him and the new rangers looked amongst each other, trying to figure out what they were going to say.
�He did everything he could, considering the fact that their son was born two months early and the fact that his wife was abducted by a damn monster. He kept his cool and if you tell me that you could manage to lead a group when all of that was happening, I think that you�d be lying. Tommy is the one you asked to do this and you know, he�d be damned to put them at risk. Now you�ve brought him here, you will deal with his wrath before all of this is over,� Madeline guaranteed as Agent Flowers looked over at her. For the first time he realized exactly what was at stake, these rangers really did not wish to be pushed around and Tommy was going to protect them, like he always had.