Bless the broken road

Chapter 6: 9 Months Mantage

March 2009

Mariner bay, California,

A few days later....

Conner and Kira sat nervously in the waiting room at the Aquabase. They'd never really been outside Reefside before and especially not this far underwater. Kimberly and Tommy sat next to them looking perfectly at ease.

Finally, Dana walked out of the room and approached them with a smile on her face. Kimberly got up to greet her.

"Kimberly Oliver, it's so nice to see you again! I'm so glad you could make it here!"

"Hey Dana, Thank you so much for penciling us in."

"For a member of the family, anything." Dana then looked over at Kira. "And this is your daughter?"

Kimberly gave her daughter an encouraging look. "Kira, this is Dr. Grayson she is the pink ranger from the Lightspeed rescue team, and a very good friend of mine."

Kira got up and walked to her. "Hi, I'm Kira Oliver."

Dana gave her a warm smile. "Welcome to the Aqua base. Now that introductions are out of the way, you can follow me back to my exam room." She looked back at the guys, "When the main exam is done, I'll bring back Conner to do the sonogram."

When they were gone, Tommy carefully adjusted his sleeping daughter on his chest. She was much like her father in the way that she was a very heavy sleeper. Being jostled around didn't wake her up at all. Conner watched them for a minute and Tommy smiled at him.

"You want to hold her for a minute? It's great practice."

"I don't know, Dr. O. I'm scared that I might hurt her...or drop her."

Tommy shook his head. "This is going to be the norm for you when the baby gets here. You may as well get used to it now."

Conner reluctantly nodded and Tommy carefully handed her over. "Just make sure you support her head and hold her close to you till you get more comfortable with her weight; she doesn't weigh more than a bag of flour."

Conner chuckled once he held the baby in his arms. "Hey, this isn't so bad."

Tommy shook his head. "No, at least not when she's asleep."

Conner nodded. "It's hard to believe that this will be me in less than a year."

Tommy was nodding. Yep, and this is just the beginning. For the next 18 years, you and Kira will be responsible for this little life you've made. This baby will be a child of two rangers; and will be just as feisty as Kira and as headstrong as you are. That should make for some interesting times." Just then, Kimberly walked toward him with a happy smile on her face. "Go ahead Conner, they're waiting for you. This is a special moment, so it's just for the two of you."

Carefully handing the baby back to Tommy, Conner got up and headed to the exam room to see Kira laid out on a table with her belly exposed. She grinned up at him.

"Hey Rock star. You ready for this?"

Kira nodded. "Yep, Dr. Grayson wanted to wait for you to get in here before she scans."

Conner grinned as he stood on the other side of the bed holding his girlfriend's hand. They watched as the lights were dimmed a little bit and the machine was turned on. Moments later, the fetal monitor was turned on and then on the screen, a fuzzy picture began to develop. Moments later, Kira's womb could be seen and there in the middle of the picture, was a newly formed fetus.

"It looks like an alien." Connor commented.

"Dana nodded. "Yeah, right now it does. But it won't stay that way for long. The heart is already starting to beat." She pointed to the screen and they could see a little movement.