A/N: Here is the first chapter of Back in Action. It is the next in the King for a Day series. This one takes place a few years after they graduated. It will fill in the gaps along the way.
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"Kim are you sure that its alright?" Tommy asked as he looked into her eyes. They were standing in his kitchen leaning against the counter.
"Tommy, I love you and this is the right move for you. I can wait six months for you. Can you wait six months for me?" She asked as she leaned into him. She held him close not wanting to break the spell of their last night.
"Of course I can, I just don't want to lose you." He said.
"You won't. I will be busy moving in and planning our wedding. You will be busy with your research and digging up bones." She said with a laugh. She didn't want to say bye to him but this was right for him.
"I'll miss you." He said.
"And I will miss you but we have survived more than this." She said as she looked up. She saw the fear and love in his eyes.
"Yea we have. Are you going to be alright in the house without me?" He asked as he rubbed her back.
"I will be fine. Jason and Trini are in Angel Grove and the others are within five minutes driving. I was also a ranger and can look after myself." She said with sass. He just shook his head.
"Yes you were a ranger but you were captured the most, remember?" He said which received him a punch from her.
"Whatever. I will be fine. You need to go to Mercer Island. I will be here when you get back." She said as they sat down to eat their now cold pizza.
They relaxed and talked into the night. Tommy left the next morning leaving his whole world behind. He glanced back at Kim and waved before he got on the plane. He knew that she would be here when he got back and it was only six months.
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"What I don't get is why I have to help you move into your new house." Jason said as he hauled in another box out of his truck.
"Because my fiancée is on his way to Mercer Island for six months and I refuse to live in my apartment and pay rent and a mortgage." Kim said with a smile.
She placed the box that she was carrying in the kitchen. It was labeled kitchen junk. She knew that Tommy had packed that one and there could very well be bathroom stuff. She loved Tommy but he was clueless sometimes.
"Why did you let that boy go hundreds of miles away before your wedding?" He said with a laugh. He knew that it had taken Tommy a good week before he could ask Kim about going to Mercer Island for his doctorate. She had already set the trip up for him by the time he did ask. She knew that he needed to do this.
"Tommy is a big boy who knows that he better come back for our wedding. He is only a phone call away. I'm also sending pictures and details for everything to him." She said as they headed back out to the truck.
She was happy that this was the last of the boxes. She couldn't take anymore moving. Tommy had been living in their house for the past year. She didn't want to move in until they had gotten married. She was going the traditional route on this.
Since Tommy wouldn't be back until a few weeks before their wedding and that her lease was up she moved in early. She walked back in the house behind Jason and put the last box down.
"I know that he's coming back. He's waited for this day about as long as you." Jason said as he threw his arm around his little sis. They walked outside to stand next to his truck.
"I know he has and he wants to help with every decision. I'll see how that goes." She said with a smile.
"Are you sure that you don't want me and Trini to stay with you? You know that she would love to stay with you." Jason asked. He knew that she had lived alone but he didn't want to leave her now.
Tommy was out of town and their house was as far from town as it could be.
"I'm fine Jason. I don't think that anyone is going to bother me out here and anyway Rocky and Aisha are a mile down the road." She said as she hugged him and watched him climb in his truck and drive away.
She turned slowly and walked back into her home. She smiled at that thought, her home. She sat on the couch and opened the nearest box. This box wasn't labeled which meant that Tommy either didn't know what to label it or she had packed this one.
"I bet these are my pictures." She said. She smiled as she flipped the lid back.
It was her box of pictures. It had tons and tons of pictures. The pictures started from her freshmen year of high school and ended just a few days ago at Tommy's party. She smiled as she leaned back and flipped through the pictures. She paused at their high school graduation. It was hard not to look at those pictures and think about the battle that they had faced only hours before.
It had been the fiercest battle with Zedd and Rita at the peak of their power. They had finally been destroyed with the Turbo Megazord and its sword. When they had gotten back Divatox was there to thank them again for saving her. It also had been a little sad because it was the last time she had seen Zordon.
She still missed him every day. He was more than her mentor; he was like a father to her. She also knew that she couldn't be mad at Andros though, he had done what Zordon had asked of him to do to save the world. She looked down at her bracelet that she had with her always. Zordon had given it to her. It alwyas made her tear up a little. She wiped a tear and continued with the pictures.
"Wedding pictures." She said to herself as she flipped through some more and paused at Jason and Trini's wedding.
They were the first to get married, that was five years ago. It was also the first time that she had ever worn a dress that wasn't pink. Trini made all her bridesmaids wear yellow. Of course not all the bridesmaids cared that they wore yellow but then again they were yellows and she and Kat were pinks. She flipped through some more pictures and stopped on Adam and Tanya's wedding pictures. She was once again in yellow but it was a pale yellow whereas Trini had been a bright yellow. They had been married now for three years.
She smiled and moved on to the next set of pictures. These were of Zack and Angela's wedding. They had been married now for two years. Angela had not been a ranger but she did know about them. Zack made sure that she knew before they got married. Angela had smiled and told Zack that she had known for a long time and that she thought it was great that he was a ranger.
Kim smiled because she didn't wear yellow to that wedding. Angela had only her and Trini from the rangers as her bridesmaids along with some of her other friends. They each wore purple which made Kim happy because it was a shade from being pink and Trini had to wear it too. Angela didn't want a fight breaking out between them.
She had teased them that the Pink and Yellow Rangers didn't fight each other but the bad guy. Kim smiled as she stopped at the next set. It was Rocky and Aisha's wedding. They had gotten married last year and once again she was on yellow but by this time she was used to it. She came to the last of the wedding pictures. It was Billy and Kat's wedding and for this one she was in pink.
All of her friends were married now. They had all thought that she and Tommy would've been the first to get married but they had waited. They didn't want to hold each other back from anything so they had agreed to wait until after they got of school.
Tommy only had six months to go but he wanted his ring on her finger before he left. She got up and went into the kitchen. She knew that there was some leftover pizza from last night. She had stayed here with Tommy so that she could say bye before his plane left. She had cried on her way home but she knew that it would only be six months then they could start their life together. She couldn't wait for him to get back.
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"Well did you get her all moved in?" Trini asked as soon as Jason walked into the house. He walked over to her and kissed her check and hugged her.
"Yea she's all in. I'm worried about him being gone for six months." He said as they sat down on the couch.
She knew that today had been hard on him with his best friend leaving and his little sister moving into her house.
"She will be fine. She wanted him to do this." She said as she rubbed his back. She wished that she could make this easier for him.
"I know she will be fine, its just that he is on an island hundreds of miles away. I know that he is alright its just that I worry about them being apart." He said as he sighed. He knew that it was stupid to think of this but those two deserved to be happy.
"Jason they will be fine and make it through these six months without a hiccup." She said as she got up and walked into the kitchen. She looked back at him and smiled. He would be alright in a few days. She knew that this was a lot for him to take in, in one day.
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"Kim I made it!" Tommy said as soon as the love of his life answered the phone. He knew that she was probably sleeping but he told her that he would call when he touched down. He wanted to get back on that plane and go home to her but he knew that she would just make him get back on the plane and head back.
"Tommy! I was just unpacking the last of my boxes. You know that you mislabeled like five of my boxes." She said with a laugh.
"Yea well you know me. Anyway how did it go with Jason today?" He asked as he sat down on his bed. It was nothing like his bed at home, which Kim would have tonight.
"He was good a little sad I think but I talked to Trini and she is taking good care of him." She said with a laugh. She opened the box labeled kitchen stuff and grinned. She had been right it was bathroom stuff.
"Well I will call him tomorrow. I think that we should have our honeymoon on an island. Its great here." He said as he stared out his window. It was the most beautiful water he had ever seen.
"I will think about that while I unpack and plan a wedding while you play with bones." She said with a laugh.
They continued to talk for several minutes until she looked at the time. She told him that she had an early day and needed to get to bed. They say bye and she got ready for bed. She was smiling as she closed her eyes. These six months would fly by and they would be together again soon.
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Six Months Later
"Kim, are you sitting down?" Jason asked on the phone. He didn't know how fast Trini was going to get them there but he wanted to make sure that he told Kim before she heard it on the news.
"Yea, why? What's going on?" She asked as bit into her sandwich. She had been cleaning all day so that the house was cleaned for when Tommy came in next week. She was so ready for him to come home. It had been a long six months.
"There was an explosion on Mercer Island, they haven't found any survivors." He said as he heard her scream. He held the phone away from his ear and Trini hit the gas.
They knew that they needed to get there as soon as possible.
"Jason, this better not be a prank. I will tear you limb from limb if it is." She said as soon as she got it together.
"Kim, this something that not even Rocky would joke about. Now we know Tommy, he was a ranger and he knows how to get out of things. He also has you to come home too." Jason said as he looked away from the speedometer.
The last time he looked they were going 100mph. He was taking deep breaths so that he didn't lose his supper. He loved his wife but her need for speed very well might kill them.
"Jason, I can't lose him, not now." She said on her end. He saw the Reefside sign and prayed that they got there soon. He knew that they way his wife was flying they would be there in a matter of minutes.
Kim had hung the phone up. She had been crying too much for her to even talk. He started praying then for both of them. Trini pulled in Kim's drive two minutes later on two wheels with dust flying up around them.
"Trini, I love you but I'm driving home." He said as he jumped out of the car.
They ran to the house and found that the door was unlocked. They opened the door and found Kim crumpled on the floor. Trini rushed to her side as Jason made some phone calls. He knew that everyone needed to be here for Kim.
Her heart was breaking and if Tommy didn't come back, Jason didn't know if she could survive this. He walked into the nearest bedroom. It was one of the guest rooms and the minute he opened the door he saw her wedding dress. He choked up a little as he answered some of Rocky's questions.
He finally ended the call and stood there for a minute. He walked over to her dress and touched it through the plastic that was covering it. He didn't even know that he was crying until he felt a tear hit his hand. He heard Trini calmly talking to Kim and then he heard Kim sobbing her heart out.
"Tommy you better be alive for her sake. You can't leave her like this. I trusted you not to break her heart." Jason said to the universe.
He walked back into the living room and knelt on the other side of Kim. He wrapped his arms around his little sister and cried with her.
Trini leaned into his side and cried with them. He knew that the others would be arriving soon. He had to pull it together and be the long ago leader that he once was. Everyone would be looking to him and he had to be ready.
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A few hours later
"How is she?" Aisha asked as soon as Trini came out of Kim's room.
Jason had moved Kim into hers and Tommy's room. He wanted her to get some rest and knew that with everyone coming over they needed a place to talk. Trini had agreed that it was best to put her to bed.
Everyone had cried when they saw their Pink Ranger in this much pain. They all prayed that Tommy would be found alive because if not then they didn't know what Kim would do.
They were especially sad because everything for their wedding was in place with his tux and the groomsmen' tuxes in the back bedroom and her gown with the other bridesmaids gowns in the first bedroom. All her dreams were in this house tied up with Tommy.
"Not good, every time I go in there she wants to know if we have heard anything." Trini said as she walked into the living room with Aisha dogging her heels.
"How are Tommy's parents?" Adam asked he handed Tanya some water.
"They are dealing with it better than Kim is. They wanted to come out today but couldn't. They are driving up tomorrow. I'm hoping that they won't drive as fast as Trini did this afternoon." Jason said.
Trini glared at him but she knew that she had been driving fast but her best friend had been given terrible news. She had to get here ASAP.
"Well at least they might help Kim a little." Tanya said as they continued to talk.
They hoped that by tomorrow they would have news that Tommy was alive. They all turned as the front door opened. They didn't know who else would come unless it was Tommy but when the person stepped in they all sighed.
"Hey how is she? I just heard on the news." Hayley said as she closed the door. She had come as soon as she finished watching the news report.
"She's not good but she is sleeping now." Trini said. Hayley looked around and took a deep breath. She knew that it was going to be hard on all of them but especially for Kim.
Tommy was her whole world and with their wedding a week away it was harder. He just had to be alive if only for Kimberly. Hayley went to the phone to order everyone pizza.
It was going to be a long day and she knew that none of them would leave unless they knew that Tommy was alive. She put the phone back down and looked back at the room full of Tommy's closest friends. He just had to come back.
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Kim heard everyone in the living room. She couldn't hear what they were saying only the sound of their voices. She wanted to join them but found that she couldn't escape this dream-like world.
She had closed her eyes the second that Trini had shut the door. She could picture her wedding with Tommy standing at the front of the church with Jason standing next to him. Her bridesmaids were all up there waiting as well.
Everyone had stood up and waited to her to walk up the aisle to her soon-to-husband. She walked up the aisle and told Tommy that he couldn't be here because he was dead. He smiled then and said that he would never leave her so he couldn't be dead.
She opened her eyes and looked around their room settling on the picture beside the bed. It was taken six months ago after he had purposed. It had been the greatest moment of her life. She brought her hand to her face and saw the ring and wiped a tear.
She then sat up in bed and brought her knees to her chest. She rested her head on her knees. She stayed like that for what seemed like hours until she heard Tommy's voice. She jerked up but she didn't see anything. She put her head back on her knees and heard his voice again.
"Beautiful, why are you crying? Why do you doubt me? I said that I would never leave you." His voice whispered in her ear.
"I don't doubt you." She said to herself. She knew that it was his voice speaking. She would know his voice anywhere.
"Then trust that I will be with you soon. I wouldn't let Zedd take you from me and I'm not letting this island. I will come back for Kimberly. You are the other half of me." The voice whispered again.
She knew in her heart that Tommy was alive. She lay back down and closed her eyes. She pictured Tommy getting off the plane and running into her arms. She smiled then because Tommy would never leave her. He was coming back to her.
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