AN: THIS STORY IS A BIT OF A DEPARTURE FOR ME, THEREFORE THE CHARACTERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE NICE HAPPY SELVES THAT YOU ARE USED TO IN MY STORIES. NONE OF US KNOW WHAT TOMMY AND KIM WOULD DO TO EACH OTHER IF THE AUTHORS OF THE SERIES HAD THEIR WAY, SO IF YOU PLEASE, I DO NOT NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT THEY ARE OUT OF CHARACTER. THIS FIRST CHAPTER IS A LITTLE BIT OUTLANDISH AS IT IS, THEY'LL CALM DOWN SOME, I PROMISE.

"Your mother is likely to skip out on this little shindig," Tommy muttered to his eighteen year old daughter as she glared over at him. They did not talk about her mother that often, but considering what she had been called for, Amy had been sure she would show, just to prove her dad wrong. "You know it's the truth Amy."

"I think if you had told her I was dying we might have gotten the same reaction," Amy said as Tommy looked over at her. She and her mother did not exactly have the best relationship in the world. She was left on his front door step when she was three months old with a note from his one time lover that she could no longer handle being a mother by herself. He had not even known that she was pregnant until Amy had been placed there and he had just taken her in. For years Amy had wondered who her mother was, until the last time they had had a meeting like this and they had finally met. That had been ugly, but at least the animosity was out in the open.

"Amy, she does care about you," Tommy said, hoping it was true. He had never sat down with her and given her a piece of his mind about the matter, but it wasn't like her to give him that sort of chance.

"Like a snake cares about its children," Amy forced out as Conner McKnight walked in and looked between Dr. Oliver and his daughter. She had been about ten when he had been a ranger and he wondered if she even remembered who he was or more importantly knew why they were all being called here. "Hello Conner."

"Amy," Conner said with a little nod as Kira Ford and Ethan James followed him in. They could only guess why Dr. O would want to hold the meeting at the school, but they were not going to argue with him about it, after all this was his specialty, not theirs.

As the five of them marched across the front lawn of the school, they gathered odd looks from the students that had stayed late that day. They could all sense the energy that radiated off of these five people, but did not dare to get close to them, mainly because of the petite brunette who was leading the way. She looked ready to kill the moment one of them was dumb enough to open his or her mouth and question them.

"Where is Tommy Oliver's room?" Kim asked as the receptionist looked up, shocked to see her standing in front of her again. The last time that this woman had stood there, she had seen the two Oliver's have it out in the hallway moments later.

"The same place it was the last time you visited," the receptionist said coldly. "And I doubt he wishes to see you."

"He'll always wish to see me, that's partly why he gave me his last name," Kim said with a mock smile as she turned and walked back into the hall to collect the others.

"Gave you his last name?" Trini asked as Kim just shook her head. "You never divorced?"

"I never signed the papers," Kim said, simply, as Trini and Jason stared at her while Billy and Zack examined the walls. They had known that Kim and Tommy had never really gotten a divorce, but for all intents and purposes, they might as well have been.

"So you still love him?" Trini asked as she followed Kim down the hall, now fuming at her best friend. If she still loved Tommy then why the hell did she not have anything to do with him or Amy for that matter?

"Love is a funny thing," Kim replied as she rounded the corner and was met by her daughter's glare. She hadn't seen Amy in five years and the girl looked so much like Tommy that it hurt her to see the hatred in her eyes. She would never forgive her for what she had done and she didn't really blame her. After all, she had left her on Tommy's doorstep for another man that had been nothing but loving.

"I guess you decided to show up," Amy said, coldly, as Kim barely nodded, returning a glare of her own. It took a trained eye to know that Kim was only doing this to keep up the pretense that she hated her daughter; it was a lot easier than facing the fact that her daughter didn't love her. "Get inside, you know why you're here."

"This is all that you could get to come Tommy?" Kim mocked as she walked in and saw three rangers, settled in desks. Tommy had used to have more of a pull than this on the ranger elite.

"No," Andros said as he stepped out from the back area of the room. He had seen enough damage be caused because of her over the years and today he was going to let her have a small piece of his mind. "This is all that you could get to come."

"Me?" Kim asked as Tommy folded his arms and watched the two of them. Kim honestly had no idea what danger she was in, but Andros was not going to just let this slide. He had been itching to tear into her for a good decade.

"Yes you, because this time Tommy is not the one in danger, you are," Andros said as Kim looked over at him startled and Amy walked in and slammed the door behind her. The rangers all looked over at her and were shocked when she headed straight for Kim. It seemed that today was going to be about more than just whatever evil was about to befall them next.

"You bitch," Amy seethed as everyone took a step back. They had never thought that the two would come to blows like this, but obviously Kim had just pushed her last button. "I don't give a shit whether you live or die, but he does, that is the only reason that I am here. That is the only reason that my rangers will help, it's time that you realize that Kimberly."

"Amy," Tommy whispered as she stood toe to toe with her mother and Kim just stared up at her.

"I don't give a shit if your rangers protect me," Kim fired back as Amy quirked her eyebrow and looked around the room.

"Well, I guess I need to explain. I'm not saving your sorry ass for myself, I'm saving it because I can't stand to see my dad fall apart when you die. Every time you are captured, he is a mess. Every time he is captured, well, we both know what you did the last time that happened…it's time you get your shit straight, because you don't have much time left. I am your last hope and although you care about me about as much as a stranger on the street, I can't let you die because of him. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go save the world," Amy growled as the others watched her leave and Tommy just placed his hand over his eyes. He knew that this was coming. He knew that there would be a day when Amy unleashed her wrath on her mother and he didn't think that this was something that could be avoided. The two of them had too much bad blood between them and it would take a world of good to change that.

"You brought me here for her to yell at me?" Kim yelled at Tommy as he removed his hands from his face and looked down at her.

"No, I brought you here to keep you safe. You seem to forget the part about promising to protect each other," Tommy said, calmly, as she looked up at him. He still held strong to his wedding vows and she had just about done everything she possibly could against them. "She knows you never signed the papers. You've got a lot of damage to repair."

"Why would I repair it?" Kim asked as Tommy walked over to his desk and sat down before opening a drawer that contained a single envelope from his latest checkup.

"Because I'm dying," Tommy said.