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�You want to get some breakfast?� Tommy asked as he looked over at Kim and she just shook her head. She did not feel good this morning and she was just hoping to make it through the day without throwing up. �Honey, you�re going to need something or you won�t be able to hold up for what�s ahead.�
�Let me finish with Chris and then I�ll try to hold something down,� Kim said as Tommy gave her a concerned look and then went to dig around in his bag. He had bought the test last week, but had forgotten to ever make her take it. He had honestly thought that she would figure out the symptoms on her own and just handle the problem and then come down and tell him one night that she had some good news. She, obviously, had been too wrapped up in everything else that was happening to even notice what her body was trying to tell her.
�Go take this,� Tommy insisted as he passed her a pregnancy test and she could only stare at it. She could not believe that he was making her take a pregnancy test at a time like this. There were so many other things that she thought he would be asking her right now, mainly that she keep him from saying too much. They both knew that what he said would determine whether or not this investigation continued and although they all wanted it to be over, they didn�t want to have to admit to some of the things that they had done. �Kim, you�ve been sick every morning for the past two weeks, take the test. At least then we will know what might be going on.�
�Tommy, we�re running late as is,� Kim said as Tommy took Chris away and pressed it into her hand. He wanted a clear mind when he went in to reveal exactly why they could guarantee that the rangers would no longer be needed.
�It�s going to be a rough day Kim, I just think that we should know before we go into everything,� Tommy said as Kim barely nodded and went into the bathroom.
�Open up!� Madeline yelled as Tommy walked to the door and he smiled down at her. He had had the feeling that the welcoming committee would be sent to take care of him soon enough. �What are the two of you waiting for?�
�Good morning to you too,� Tommy said as Madeline walked into the room and plopped down on the bed. She had been delegated to come get them out of their room and she did not like the task at all. �As soon as Kim gets out of the bathroom, we�ll be ready.�
�She better not be primping right now,� Madeline said as Kim walked out of the bathroom and then began digging in her bag. �Let�s go!! What are you waiting for?�
�I�ve got to get some money for some crackers,� Kim said as Tommy gave her a curious look before she handed him the test and he just shook his head in disbelief.
�You are?� Tommy asked as Kim nodded and he threw his arms around her in a bear hug as Chris giggled with delight, although he was not really sure what for. �I love you.�
�I love you too,� Kim whispered as Tommy released her and saw the smile on her face.
�I�m confused,� Madeline said as Tommy laughed. She was completely confused with what was going on right now and couldn�t understand the exchange that she had just witnessed, but he did not expect her to be able to either.
�I�m going to be a father, again,� Tommy said as Madeline looked over at Kim and then gave her a hug.
�I can�t believe the two of you,� Madeline said in excitement as she looked between them. �Another baby?�
�Hey, no one else knows,� Tommy said as Madeline tried to settle down, but she just grabbed Kim�s arm and pulled her out of the room, with Tommy following behind them shaking his head. He knew that they were going to have to tell the others, but he wanted to wait a little while before they said anything about it.
�They are going to kill me that I took this long,� Madeline said as Tommy smiled. He knew that the fellow rangers might be a little bit perturbed, but all would be cleared up later on tonight.
�I�ll just explain that we had some good news,� Tommy said as Chris reached over for Kim and she took him into her arms.
�And I�ll just say that I�m sick, which is the truth,� Kim said as Tommy put his arm around her as they walked into the lobby.
�You okay?� Trini asked as Kim nodded her head yes. �You look tired.�
�Little buddy here didn�t sleep too good last night,� Kim said as Trini gave her a concerned look. �And I didn�t wake up so well this morning.�
�What do you mean?� Trini asked as Kim just shook her head. �You�re not going to tell us?�
�Tonight, when we are able to have a good dinner, we�ll explain it all to you,� Kim said as Trini smiled as Chris kicked Kim�s stomach and she stiffened.
�We need to go to the room, so we can get this over with,� Sam said as Kim smiled. She could not help but agree with him, for once.
�Do you know what they need?� Tommy asked as Madeline nodded. �What is it?�
�They want to know how that �phantom� team showed up, when they only had enough funding for one ranger team given to you,� Madeline said as Tommy just shook his head.
�I�d like to know that too,� TJ said as Tommy glared over at him.
�You already know that, don�t be a smart ass,� Tommy said as Kim just shook her head as they walked in and Fred stared at them. He could not believe that he was actually meeting the rangers that he had only heard about for the greater part of two weeks.
�Take a seat,� Fred offered as they filed in and filled the room. �There are a lot more of you that I imagined.�
�There�s more here than you can see,� Madeline muttered as Tommy glared at her and she just smiled. She was going to try to do everything she could to make Tommy uncomfortable until they told everyone what was going on.
�Let�s get down to business,� Fred said as Madeline smiled and Tommy just took in a deep breath. He was going to have to talk about all of this and he was not sure if he would be able to do that right now.
�Tommy,� Kim said as she ran into the Command Center and he looked over at her. Chris was now three months old and she was now up to full speed, but that didn�t mean that Tommy was exactly excited about that. She wanted to become more involved in the ranger world, but he kept holding her back, he wanted to make sure that Chris would have someone, even if it was not him. That was why he had become more vague with his parents and started falling back into old ranger habits. He knew that this was going to get extremely rough soon, even if he and Kim did not get pulled into the middle of the mess, which sadly was the way that it looked to be headed.
�What?� Tommy asked as he spun around and saw the look in her eyes. That look scared him more than anything else, he knew what that light in her eyes meant. He knew that she had found some sort of answer that was going to be scary as hell for him to deal with once she actually admitted the truth, but it would also be the one thing that they had been praying for, for months. �That�s never good.�
�T. J. called, you�ve got to see what he found,� Kim said as Tommy just stared over at her. Those words were even scarier than the look that he had seen just moments before. T. J. may have been his successor, but he knew that there was a chance that the research that he had done, would not be something that he actually liked. �We can get rid of the power source.�
�Get rid of it? How in the hell did you figure that out?� Tommy asked as Kim smiled. She was glad that he took this surprise well enough. The circumstances of the last few weeks had definitely changed the way that he was acting and she completely agreed with everything that had happened. The rangers were struggling to beat back what was being thrown at them and although their training regiment had helped, it was still not enough to get them to the level of truly being a threat to Halindon.
�T.J. and Andros did some research,� Kim said as Tommy looked over at her. He had not asked them to do anything, so why in the world had they just started piddling around for no reason? �And before you say it, I asked them to look over it. They have the most time to work on it and you�ll be surprised at what they have found.�
�So the Power Rangers can do it?� Tommy asked, hopefully, as Kim shook her head no. �Well, who can Kim?�
�Just read it and you�ll see. I have to go get Chris out of the car,� Kim said as Tommy stared over at her. He had thought that she had taken Chris to his parent�s, like she usually did when she came here, but it seemed that things were different this time. �I was that excited, sorry.�
The power source that is under the area of Angel Grove can be diminished and brought down by a group of experienced rangers. The younger rangers may not be able to handle the power of the source and use it effectively. If a �group� of experienced rangers were to come forward and take a power directly from the source, willing to claim it for the entirety of their lives they will diminish the source to a manageable size which will cause the threat to earth to diminish and possibly even disappear.
�Kim....� Tommy trailed off as she walked in and Chris started reaching for him. �You know that it�ll have to be...�
�Tommy, I know, but if we don�t who else will?� Kim questioned as Madeline and Maddox walked in and they went quiet. They did not want the rangers to find out all of the extra information that they were going over right now. If they did over hear, they did not want to give them any false hope. They knew that these kids had been through so much and to put them through the hell of thinking that they might be able to get out of the ranger world, only to be stuck in it again, was not something that they wanted to do.
�Hey, we�ve come for our torture session,� Maddox said as Tommy looked over and smiled. He could always rely upon the fact that the two of them would be on time and that he would always get a very good workout out of them.
�Kim, you want to do that today? I need to contact Andros and see what he�s done,� Tommy said as Kim nodded and walked them into the next room.
�You call, boss?� Andros asked as he appeared in the Command Center and Tommy jumped as he turned around. �Sorry, Kim warned me that you might want to talk about it all.�
�How sure are you about this?� Tommy asked as he gently bounced Charlie in his arms.
�Sure enough that I�ve brought this for you,� Andros said as he held out a morpher and Tommy took it from him with a smile. It felt like second nature to have a morpher with him at all times and these last few months, while he had had to watch the rangers had been agony for him. He had never been this involved and not been a ranger himself. �All of the main PANEL member will have to take one, but if we do...�
�We need to bring everyone here,� Tommy said as Andros nodded and they heard Kim let out a loud moan and Tommy walked into the next room. �Are you okay?�
�Ask them that,� Kim said as she walked over to him and he saw Madeline and Maddox sprawled on the floor.
�Lord, Kim,� Tommy muttered as she smiled and then helped them up. �So, I guess you are going to need one of these as well.�
�If you�re going, I�m going too. There is no way in hell that I�ll let you do that alone,� Kim said with a smile as Madeline and Maddox gave her a concerned look.
�I hope that you know what we�re getting into,� Tommy said as Andros walked in and looked at Kim.
�I do, trust me,� Andros said as Kim offered him a smile and then walked back to the mats. The rangers still didn�t know what was going on and they had to prepare them in case the wonderful plan did not work.
�Nice story,� Special Agent Flowers said as Tommy spun around and the others watched him carefully. �So this is the bull shit that you make up.�
�Agent Flowers, is it?� Andros asked as Kim got a secure grip on Tommy�s arm. �Who the hell do you think that you are to tell us that that is bull shit?�
�I think I am the man that is going to arrest you,� Special Agent Flowers said as Tommy glared at him and an eerie glow appeared around his body.
�They have not finished, as they did not reveal if they followed through with their plans,� Madeline said through clenched teeth as Jason had a firm grip on Tommy�s shoulder as Kim and Trini both exchanged glances. They could see the things that were going through their husbands minds and they both knew that what they were thinking was absolutely horrible.
�And even if they did, it saved your pretty little posh ass in the end, so I don�t think arresting them will do you any good,� Maddox said as Special Agent Flowers looked over at him in shock. He was surprised that this was coming out of Maddox�s mouth; any of the others it would have seemed right, but not from him. Not from the lone ranger who had never completely committed.
�You never truly cared about being a ranger,� Special Agent Flowers said as Maddox glared over at him and it became obvious to him that he had stepped over some unknown boundary.
�That is one thing that you have gotten wrong, Michael. I cared more about being a ranger than you would ever imagine and just because you couldn�t have dealt with all of it, does not mean that you have the right to cause them all of this hell now,� Maddox said as several of them stared at him, confused that he had known the agent�s first name.
�I never wanted to do this to you Maddox,� Special Agent Flowers said as Maddox just shook his head.
�You�ve chosen your side and I�ve chosen mine, you do what you have to do now,� Maddox said as Madeline grabbed his hand and he looked over at her. �It�s a long story...I�ll explain it later.�
�I never thought that you would become one of them,� Special Agent Flowers said as he turned and left the room and all the eyes then focused on Maddox.
�We grew up together and we both went into the service at the same time, but you see where he has wound up and you see what it�s done to him,� Maddox said as he sighed. �There was a time when I trusted him with my life, but now, things have changed.�
�Things always change,� Tommy muttered as Maddox barely nodded his head. He had learned an immense amount from the older rangers and he had put all of it to good use. It might not have been the best thing, but it was the thing that got him by and it was the one thing that made him believe that he had found his home.