Lost Souls
by Froggie Lover
Chapter One
Tommy Oliver stood up from his seat on the couch in the living room of his apartment as the phone rang. He went to the kitchen and answered it on the second ring.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Hey!" a female voice with a thick Australian accent replied.
The former Red Turbo Ranger recognized the voice immediately. It belonged to his girlfriend Kat Hillard. "Hey! Kat, what's going on?"
Tommy heard Kat take a deep breath. "Tommy, there's something I have to tell you."
He had a sinking feeling that, whatever she was about to say, wasn't good news. "Kat, don't tell me on the phone. Meet me at The Angel's Café in fifteen minutes, okay?"
"All right."
Tommy quickly hung up the phone and grabbed the keys to his white Jeep. Man… Why do I have a bad feeling this isn't going to turn out good?
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Exactly fourteen minutes later, Tommy pulled into a parking space in front of The Angel's Café. The eatery was the new hangout for the former Power Rangers. Ernie had founded it when he came back from South America, where he had helped out with some construction work.
Tommy quickly found a table outside and looked around for Kat. Not a second later, he saw a white sports car pull into the parking lot. He smiled to himself. The car reminded him of Kat's Turbo Zord, Wind Chaser. Tommy saw a tall blonde get out of the car and look around.
"Kat!" Tommy called. He saw Kat look his way, and a small smile crossed her face. She walked over to Tommy and sat down in the chair next to him.
"Hey Tommy," Kat said. There was no happy tone in her voice, only a darkness which Tommy had never before heard.
"Hey. So, what's the news?" Tommy asked.
Suddenly, lightning struck not too far from where the two nineteen year-olds sat and a thunderclap boomed. As the wind picked up, Tommy shivered a bit. He regretted not bringing his jacket.
Kat seemed to be unfazed by the change in the weather. "Tommy, lately I've felt that things have changed between us."
"Change?" Tommy asked. He looked utterly confused. He didn't understand. How had things changed between them? "What? When?"
Kat shook her head. "I don't know when, but things have changed. So, I went to talk to Jason about it. I thought that maybe he would know what was happening."
At that moment, Tommy knew why Kat had called him. It was happening again. He tried to hide the tears that were forming in his brown eyes and slowly nodded.
Then, the lightning struck again. The boom of a thunderclap quickly followed it. The clouds were as dark as Tommy's mood. Seconds later, the storm really began.
"Tommy," Kat began. "I… am in love with Jason, and he's in love with me. Actually, we're a couple now, and--"
"How could you do this, Kat? And with Jason, my best friend? I mean, you were there when Kim broke up with me with that stupid Dear John letter, and now you go and do this?"
"I'm sorry, Tommy," Kat said quickly and got up from her seat. She ran to her car and hastily got inside. This left Tommy sitting at the table alone, cold, and heartbroken.