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�Tommy...� Trini said peaking her head in and he looked back at her as she motioned for him to follow her out. She had just left Kim and knew that there was no use acting as if she didn�t need only him.
�Hey, what�s up?� Tommy asked, bouncing gently Chris on his hip and Trini looked at him and he gave her a concerned look. He had seen that look before, but he did not want to see it now. He wanted to be able to finish this mess up so that he could get his wife home.
�Kim just wants you to be up there with her. I�ll take Chris for you, but she�s kinda insistent that you be there with her,� Trini said as Tommy just shook his head and then passed Chris off to Trini.
�I�ll go, just come get me if they for some reason need my expert analysis of how we kicked Halindon�s ass,� Tommy said with a smile as he walked off to the elevator. No he was not happy to be going to his sick wife, but he was happy to get out of that room. It was about to drive him crazy right now.
�Where�d he go?� Jason asked as Trini looked over at him and she just shook her head.
�She�s not going to feel any better with me up there, Jase. She needs him, not me,� Trini said as Andros shook his head.
�I love how he works with things. Kim calls, he runs that way, we call he runs this way, you think the man would have had an emotional breakdown by now,� Andros said as Trini laughed.
�Yeah, do you think that they haven�t had problems because of that in the past?� Trini asked as Andros nodded that he knew that they had. This was the truth of the matter, the real reason that things could go to hell in five seconds with Kimberly and Tommy. Tommy was always pulled in so many directions and sometimes he just let himself get stretched too thin.
�Can we get back to the actual interview?� Fred suggested as Andros nodded his head yes. He knew that Kim and Tommy wanted to get back to California as soon as possible.
�Tommy!� Kim yelled as Tommy came running in and saw Chris sitting up on his own and he couldn�t help but smile.
�To think we�ll actually get to enjoy this in a few days,� Tommy said as he sat down on the floor next to her.
�Only a few days? You�re sure Halindon will take a bite at us?� Kim asked as Tommy nodded his head yes. Halindon could not resist confronting them once the power source had been brought down to almost nothing. �I think he needs to go visit your parents for a few days in that case.�
�Maybe tomorrow, we�ll call them tonight and make sure it�s all right,� Tommy said as Kim nodded her head in agreement. �You okay?�
�Something doesn�t seem right. Can you just feel around and see what comes up?� Kim asked as Tommy nodded his head that he could, although she had never asked him to do something like that before.
�Don�t get emotional on me...I don�t need you interfering with it all,� Tommy said as Kim smiled and then walked over to Chris and picked him up.
�We�ll go work on supper, you just do your mental scanning,� Kim said giving him a kiss on the cheek.
As Tommy zoned out things became more clear. Of course he had to figure out what Kim�s emotions were first, but after her it became less complex. Each ranger had their own signature he could recognize, but after going through all of them, nothing seemed wrong. Then he was overwhelmed by fear, it was something that he had felt form Kim in the past, but this was not her...it was Beth.
�Kim! Kim!� Tommy yelled shaking himself out of his daze.
�What?� Kim asked peaking in as he looked back at here, trying to collect all of his thoughts. He did not want to scare her with what he was feeling, but that was not going to stop him from saying it.
�Call my parents, our rangers have been captured,� Tommy said as Kim threw down her towel, completely pissed off about what was happening.
�I�ll get on it, you better get the others on their shit. They have to meet us at headquarters and do you think we should call in our backup?� Kim asked as Tommy nodded his head yes. They had never done it before, but they knew the others would understand.
�What the hell happened?� Conner asked as Kim and Tommy walked in, obviously pissed about something.
�Our rangers got themselves captured,� Kim said as the rangers let out a collective groan. They all knew what that meant for them at this moment. They were about to go through hell. �And by the way, we have to go drain the power source now, so all of you are in charge here.�
�You�re going to do what?� Billy yelled as Kim continued towards the doors with Tommy right behind her. �They�ve lost their damn minds.�
�Since when has Dr. O ever been rational?� Kira asked as Conner placed his arm around her and nodded in agreement. Dr. O was a great person, but he led with his heart and that sometimes put them in sticky situations.
�I�d just like to think he would be now that he has a child,� Ashley said as Kira nodded her head in agreement. �But it�s Tommy, we should expect this.�
�Explain what is going on here,� Jason said as Andros and TJ busied themselves with the harnessing units. They had been told a little bit more and were shocked about all of this.
�Our little rangers have been attacked and captured. We�ve got no choice but to deal with this shit and get our own powers so that we can kick ass and then go back to normal life,� Kim said as Jason looked over at her in shock.
�How the hell did that happen?� Jason asked as Kim shrugged her shoulders. They had yet to figure that one out themselves, but it wasn�t important how it happened, but that it did.
�Shit,� TJ muttered as he jumped away from the machine. �It�s hot.�
�How much longer?� Aisha asked as Andros and TJ shrugged. They had thought they�d have a night to prepare everything, now they had only a few minutes.
�Just give us a little while, I didn�t think that some shit was happening out in the world,� Andros said as Aisha looked over at him and attempted to say something but quit. Andros had a very good point about it all.
�Andros, you should know by now that whenever we plan to do something the shit is about to hit the fan,� Kim said as Tommy laughed. The two of them could track down the history easily, but most of the others would argue that they had just become paranoid.
�Yeah, I just wish you would have told me that earlier,� Andros said as Tommy laughed.
�Come on, you�ve known me for close to ten years and when has the shit not hit the fan when I am involved?� Tommy asked a Andros smiled and TJ reached over to stop him.
�We�ve got the connections made, now it�s time to make the pull,� TJ said as Andros nodded and the others gathered around.
�The power will affect those that have been longest without powers the most,� Andros said as each person held onto a crystal. �It will infuse evenly, as long as contact is maintained. However, if at any time the power becomes too much for you, you can release it and the crystals will shift in proportion. Tommy, you will probably pull the most, while either Aisha or Trini will pull the least.�
�Who is going to throw the switch?� Tommy asked as Andros and TJ exchanged a glance.
�Cassie!� Andros yelled back as she stepped out and Tommy looked over at him. �So I told her.�
�I hope you didn�t mess up your color,� Tommy said as Andros laughed.
�Come on, Tommy, if it�s not me, then you�ll wind up with more powers. It�s no big deal,� Andros said as Tommy let out a sigh. This was the kind of thinking that got them here.
�I hope you�re right Andros,� Tommy said as Cassie counted down from three and they all awaited the jolt, which Trini and Aisha immediately felt, while Tommy and Kim only felt the pulsing of the crystal.
�Okay, we can�t morph or call our weapons or teleport. Now what else do you have in that bright little head of yours?� Sam asked as Madeline glared over at him.
�We will get nowhere with you acting like this. The force field is feeding on something in here, we just have to figure out what it is,� Madeline said as she pulled out her morpher and placed it on the ground. �Do you remember anything they said about being captured?�
�No, I only remember...maybe we just have to wait and see what can be done,� Maddox said as the others and Madeline let out a sigh, knowing that he was probably right. They had to wait to be saved, there was no other choice.
�No choice? You couldn�t fight your way out?� Special Agent Flowers said as they looked over at him.
�We did absolutely everything that we could. That is why they had to come in...there was nothing else that we could do,� Madeline said as Special Agent Flowers just shook his head. He could not believe that this was the way that it had to go, that these rangers would actually need some sort of help.
�I find that hard to believe,� Special Agent Flowers said as Jason and Andros just shook their heads.
�Well, no matter what you think, that�s just the beginning of what happened...you still have to hear the truth about the grand finale,� Andros said as Special Agent Flowers stared over at him. �It�s time that you get the facts straight, because if Tommy comes back down...all hell will break loose, I can guarantee that.�