Tommy and Jason were sparing hard on one of the many mats in Ernie's. They were breathing and sweating very hard Kim was also there but she was teaching one of her class's with Trini. Zach and Billy were sitting at a table waiting for their friends

"Man Tommy is really pushing his physical performance exponentially" said Billy

"Yah but yah can't count out Jason I think he's holding back" Zach

"Affirmative"

It was true Tommy and Jason were used to pushing each other but this time Jason was holding back, that is till Tommy lost his footing on the round house he just sent Jason's way. Once Jason saw his slip he went all out throwing punch after punch. Never hitting but never looking like he wasn't going to. It all ending with Tommy thrown down and Jason offering a friendly hand to help him up.

"Almost had yah there Jace." said Tommy the Green Ranger .

"You lost your focus Tommy anything on your mind?" said the Red Ranger

"Yah it's just something Kim said." Replied Tommy. he reached out for Jason's hand.

"Oh yah what'd she say?" Came Jason's question.

" She asked me to see a movie on Friday." Tommy said pulling himself up.

"You gunna go?" Jason asked.

" I dont know bro. I mean Kims a great girl but won't dating someone on the team break the flow." Tommy replied.

Jason grabed a towel from off a bench beside him. wiping his head he asked " Break the flow?"

Tommy grabbed a glass of watter and said " Yah you know like make one ranger feel more for one of the rangers than the team."

Jason was about to answer when who should show up but Kimberly herself.

" Hey guys!" she said.

"Oh hey Kim Tommy was just telling me about the date you two have planned." Jason said smiling.

Kim Then turned to Tommy

"So have you made a decision yet?" She asked.

'Thanks Jace.' Tommy thought

"UM...Well I think I'm free that night."

"Great!" She ecstatically replied.

Inside Tommy was scared and a little bit angry,

'Why did he have to bring that up?' Tommy asked himself. Kim ran off to see Trini. Tommy looked up to see Jason talking to Ernie and they looked over and giggled. it was no secret what they were talking about. that was one thing that Tommy hated about Jason, He knew how to push Tommy's buttons, and he always knew when to stop. the rest of the day went by rather quietly with no Monsters or disturbances of any kind. Friday came all too soon, and Tommy and Kimberly's date was in a few hours. Tommy had come early to do some Martial Arts practice, Just as he was entering Ernie's he saw Jason was already practicing his M.A. Tommy hated to admit it but he liked watching Jason practice, he threw every punch and kick just as if there was really a person there.

As Tommy watched for a while, he couldn't get over this feeling, it was this kind of peaceful feeling, like he could sit there and watch his leader train for hours and he wouldn't mind.

"You know its rude to stare." Jason said breaking Tommy out of his trance.

"Sorry Bro, just got thinking."

"Yah?" Jason asked "About your date?"

Tommy shyly looked at the ground and said "Something like that."

Jason grabbed his red towel from the bench next to him tried to lift his bros confidence.

"Bro don't worry," He smiled " You'll be fine."

Tommy could only say "Hope so."

With that He went to change into his Martial arts uniform. Jason was back on the bag throwing punch after punch,

'Im happy for them.. I really am' He told himself,

'Kim is like my little sister and I couldn't think of a better guy for her than Tommy. He's smart, funny, brave, attractive, noble, and a great ranger.' The Red Ranger stopped mid-punch,

'What was that?' attractive' well anyone with half a mind could tell that the girls were all over Tommy, something about the hair and his eyes and his spirit, but the more Jason began to think about his bro, the more he smiled and wanted to be around him. Jason had to admit he liked spending time with Tommy, he was almost the same as Jason himself.

Just then Tommy walked in wearing his black pants, green shirt, and Green headband.

"Hey Jace, any chance I could get some help with this new move in trying.?" He asked in that voice that made Jason weak at the knees.

"Sure Tommy." the startled leader replied.

They practiced hard all morning, and before they knew it, it was time for Kimberly to arrive for the date. Tommy had completely lost track of time, he was enjoying every second that he was with Jason, but it was not to last, for at that moment who should walk in but Kimberly. She was dressed in a white dress with pink flowers all over it, pink shoes, and a pink hair band was holding back her lovely dark blond hair.

"Hey guys." The pink ranger said smiling.

"Hey Kim." Said Jason.

"Wow Kim, said Tommy "You look really good ."

"Thanks" She said.

"What's the occasion?" Tommy asked.

"Our date remember." Said Kimberly angrily.

"Oh Yeah," Realization had hit the Green ranger like a ton of bricks.

"Just give me a sec." He said running off. As soon as he had rounded the corner to the locker room Kimberly turned to Jason and said,

"Jace I can't believe he forgot our date." Kimberly was obviously upset.

" Its Tommy don't worry about it." Jason said trying to smooth things over.

" If this date was important to him he would have remembered though."

Jason was starting to get mad, 'sure Tommy forgets stuff sometimes, sure he's ham-fisted sometimes, but that's just part of his charm'

" Look sis," Jason said after a few seconds "For your information Tommy came here like three hours ago and waited for you, if it wasn't for me practicing he would have never changed in the first place,"

Kimberly was kind of surprised how angry Jason was getting over this.

"So if you're going to blame anyone blame me." Jason finished.

Meanwhile in the locker room Tommy was sitting on the bench with his head in his hand thinking

'Man how could I have forgotten about my date with Kim? Was I really that caught up with Jace?'

there was allot about what had just happened that Tommy didn't understand, the one thing he did know was that he had really enjoyed his time with Jace as always but this time there was something more, some kind of connection. He finally was all dressed in his black pants and a green polo shirt. he had combed his hair into a pony tail before leaving to face the music.

He walked over to Kim. Once the pink ranger got a look of Tommy she was completely helpless,

'Damn he cleans up real good' thought Jason.

"It's ok Tommy," Kim said. "but we had better hurry if we are going to make the movie."

"right c'mon" Called Tommy as he headed for the door.

Jason just smiled and watched them leave. He then turned and walked up to the juice bar where Ernie was waiting.

"Tommy and Kim have their first date huh?" He asked Jason

"Yah" He replied.

"Well I hope everything goes ok" Ernie said.

" Me too." replied Jason.

Just then Jason herd the worst sound at that moment, his communicator. he looked at Ernie who looked around and nodded to signal that they were clear. Ernie knows who the teens really are, they had decided to tell him so when they needed to run off he could cover for them.

"Go ahead Zordon." Jason said in to his communicator.

"JASON THERE IS TROUBLE IN ANGEL GROVE YOU MUST TELEPORT TO THE COMAND CENTER RIGHT AWAY."

Soon Jason was standing in the middle of the command center, looking to Zordon for the latest news.

"RITA HAS TAKEN TOMMY AND KIMBERLY HOSTAGE, SHE PLANS TO HOLD THEM UNTILL ALL THE WORLD IS HERS." Zordon explained before Alpha said

"Aye yi yi Zordon, Rita is sending a message."

"PUT IT ON THE VIEWING GLOBE ALPHA."

soon everyone in the command center was huddled around the globe in the center of the room.

"Greatings Power brats." she said in her high pitched gravely voice

"What do you want Rita?" Yelled Zach.

"Now, now rangers," She said back "Let's not forget who has control over who."

She then moved away to reveal Tommy and Kimberly tied to stone pillars and Goldar holding a whip in one hand.

"Jason?" Jason herd Ernie's voice come from behind him, " Earth to Jason." There it was again he turned to find Ernie standing right behind him. he then snapped back to reality.

"Man you really spaced out there Jace, " Ernie said sounding worried. "Everything ok?"

"Just a daydream." Jason replied. Jason decided that he needed to go home to work on his home work. He thanked Ernie for the drink and left. When he got home his mother called from the kitchen

"Welcome home dear."

"Hey mom" Jason called back

"Dinner is just about ready." she called

"Alright I'm going to my room just call up when it's done." Jason called.

He walked up the stairs and into his room. Jason had a pretty good room all things considered. He had a quean size bed, with red coverings, a trophy case on one side, a TV with a couch and chair in front of that, then he had this Japanese style folding half wall thing that separated his regular room from his workout room. That room had it all, mats, punching bags, the whole nine yards, and a desk for school work.

Jason set his bag down next to the desk. he tried to do some homework but his mind was too distracted by that daydream he had. It bugged him so much that he had to call Zordon just to make sure they were ok.

"Zordon this is Jason." he said.

"YES JASON I READ YOU IS EVERYTHING OK?" Zordon asked.

" Yah I'm fine, " Jason replied. "Can you get a reading on Tommy and Kim?"

"THEY ARE AT THE RESTRUANT JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM ERNIES"

The red ranger let out a sigh of relief. "Ok thanks" with that Jason could concentrate.

'that was really weird though, what could that be' Jason asked himself.