Disclaimer- I do not own any of the power rangers characters the only character in this story that is mine is Nia. thank you.
Pairings Tommy/Kim, Jason/Kat, Trent/Kira, Rocky/Aisha, Tanya/Adam, Billy/Trini, Connor/Nia
Ten years after the first rangers were brought together finds a group of rangers sent spiraling into action to save the entire earth. This time A pair of rangers from every continent find themselves working together until the enemies become too strong.
Life in America
Pan global Golden medal winner and Olympic Silver Medalist Kimberly Hart worked on the uneven bars. The training center was closed for the night but the gymnast found this was the best time for her to work on her routines. With no distractions her body flew over the bar as graceful as if gravity never once held her down. Suddenly a purple glow began to emanate from her core flowing outwards as an unearthly power filled her. A high-pitched call of a bird spoke with in her mind
'Find the blue Falcon, Become one and take to your destiny. Fly the skies together my purple martin, graceful, Agile. Only you can aid him in the protection of your country' the call finished and reality came spinning back leaving Kimberly hart half way around the tallest bar almost in time for her dismount. Her fingers slipped and the movements came naturally a spiral began twisting her body around just as her body curled into a ball. One, two, three, the turns and flips mid air seemed to drag on forever as if she had a millennium to make each one, after what felt like an eternity her feet hit the mats in a perfect landing. Her final pose fell effortlessly strong, graceful.
After some time she looked down, she had just preformed a maneuver that she had been working on for months, she executed it flawlessly and no one was there to even see it. She looked down at her palms which still had a violet glow about them and sighed
"I guess I had better get to work locating this blue person, Rangers always and forever" she knew what she had to do. Her dreams now tossed out the window because she had the world to save once more. Tomorrow morning would start her quest to find this Blue falcon.
Meanwhile Across the united states Thomas Oliver had been in his basement, his command center, His body moved strong and sure as he fought against the training dummy his kicks hitting precisely against the padded wood. With every movement he made a strength built up inside of him something he hadn't felt in a few months, since the fall of Mesagog. A blue light began to glow around him giving him a feeling of invincibility. A shrill call reached out through his mind
"Blue Falcon, Arise and seek your mate, the purple martin now flies searching for you. You are America's only hope for survival, Find her, Become your destiny" the call spoke sending a shiver down his spine. Just as before with Kimberly Time seemed to stand still and when his foot finally collided with the training dummy shards of wood and pieces of stuffing littered the air. The dummy was no more. Within minutes he turned to the computer system that hadn't been touched in months. The screech of alarms filled the air. Tommy quickly typed in a few codes before he got a pinpoint location of where a new energy had surfaced. Orlando Florida was aglow with energy as he zoomed in until he could catch a street by street view. One building stood out and he knew what he had to do.
Immediately he called the airlines, the earliest flight out of there was leaving in 2 and half hours. He had an hour drive to get there; he knew it would be tight getting there. Packing up a bag quickly that he would use as carry on he ran to his car. The drive to the LA airport seemed to take forever, but he managed to get there and get checked in. By the time he made it to his departure gate they were already calling to board. He got into his seat and within 20 minutes he was taking off. According to his calculations he would arrive about 130 am. He only hoped that whatever energy spike was in the gym still might have been there.
When his flight arrived he was ready to get off the plane. The time difference was great because he still wasn't tired yet. With his phone out he typed in a few codes and checked the surrounding area. It would take a half an hour to drive to the gym but his phone said that the power levels were still high that must mean that the purple martin was still there. He followed the directions on the gps and pulled in. The building looked dark as if it were closed for the night. Then he saw it. One of the lights was on and a window was open. Using stealth and speed he climbed up to the window and peeked in. In the distance across the room he saw a petite woman in a purple leotard working on the uneven bars. Almost immediately his heart leapt into his throat at the sight of the gymnast, he could already see the glow of violet coursing around her. He couldn't believe the grace of her flight but he knew he had to make his presence known.
Without a second thought he climbed through the window and settled himself on the ground. His movements were silent, as he moved to catch a closer look at this girl who seemed to soar through the air like a bird. He took in her waist length braid and was amazed that she could keep up with it falling in her face every time she went around the bar. He noticed how petite she was and couldn't help thinking that she had to be younger. She looked like she was probably 18 or 19 by size just a bit older than his previous rangers.
Finally she let go of the bar her feet pushing over her head in a wide legged kick her arms moving down at her sides. The move was graceful but almost looked simplistic when she landed. It was then that he was her face. Her eyes were closed but he knew the honey color that rested behind the lids. He had to take a step back his eyes wide as he looked her over, she hadn't seemed to have changed much but then again she was only 25.
With a sigh her body relaxed and her eyes opened only to be met with the dark chocolate of Tommy's gaze. Her mouth dropped open and she had to take a step back as well almost putting distance between them. The last time she had saw him was when she was captured by divatox. She noticed his shorter spiky hair. The dark wash jeans and black steal toed boots that accented his lower half. His navy blue button up was open with a black wife beater underneath that left little to the imagination. She couldn't stop herself from staring.
"Tommy… What are you doing here…" she stammered out trying to break the awkward silence. He noticed her voice was exactly how he remembered it. Her build had changed she had more curves as her breasts had developed even as she tried to hide them beneath the skin tight leotard. Her hips were fuller and yet her waist was still as tiny as ever. She looked like the wind could pick her up and break her and yet he knew that if she wanted to she could bring the strongest of men to their knees in pain. The thoughts of the letter and awkwardness between the drifted to the forefront of his mind, making him question what she was doing here, alone, at night when she should have had her boyfriend here. He wanted to ask but the question was did he dare. First thing first he had to answer her question
"I found an energy signature that is a new ranger, I also had something telling me to find said ranger Kim, and I think that ranger is you…" he couldn't tear his eyes away from her as he spoke. She knew what he said was true that she was a ranger again. But that must mean he was the blue falcon.
"So… it's us against the world again isn't it… Blue falcon… Purple martin… looks like we are birds taking to the sky again." She was rambling to herself but quietly "Where do we go from here Tommy, Zordon is gone, how will we know…" she was cut off
"Kim, I've had a ranger team for the past year, In reef side. If anyone can do this, we can." he stated surely enough. Finally he took a step closer and held out his hand to her. "If we are going to do this, we need to trust each other again." He stated boldly hoping he would be able to do just that.
"then I guess we should talk…" she said quietly reaching out to take his hand "Come on, I know of a restaurant not too far from here, we can get some food and get reacquainted with each other." She knew that they had to talk about the letter. she had to get things off her chest for him to know and understand what happened. But the worst part was how he would react when he found out… she lied to him.
The walk to IHOP was relatively quick. It wasn't more than a few blocks from the gym when they got a booth and sat down they just watched each other for the longest time. Kim ordered a stack of New York cheesecake pancakes with scrambled egg whites and fruit while Tommy opted for a Philly steak and cheese sandwich. Once their order came they knew the silence had to be broken.
"Why Kim… Why were you alone tonight, What happened to your boyfriend" Tommy stated almost aggressively which made Kim wince.
"Because there never was another boyfriend Tommy" she said quietly. Almost hoping he wouldn't hear the quite sadness in her voice. It was out. The lie was out and she couldn't take it back now. She cut into her stack of pancakes and lifted some to her mouth to chew. He just stared at her for a moment his mind going a million miles a minute. He had just found out that she lied to him; there was no other guy, No one that she loved. So why did she send that letter that broke his heart?
"Then what happened kim. Why send a letter saying you did? Why Break my heart and stomp on it, Why lie to me to make it hurt more? Was that your intention, were you just that cruel?" his emotions were getting the best of him causing the brown in his eyes to flicker dangerously.
"I didn't know what else to do… You wouldn't want me after what happened and At least if I broke your heart then Kat could have fixed it for you" she choked out trying to keep herself strong. She wasn't sure if she was ready to tell him the exact circumstances about the letter but he did have a right to know.
"What do you mean I wouldn't have wanted you Kim… I have always wanted you, Since the first moment I saw you." He admitted to himself, hell even when he finally saw her face he couldn't keep his eyes off of her, She was as beautiful as ever, but even more then that he felt his heart beat just for her and it did, He saw her moving on the bars earlier and his heart new it even leapt for joy.
She didn't answer right away; she could already feel the tears brimming in her eyes. She had only told one other person of the incident and that was because he forced it from her when he came to visit for the Pan Globals. God did she miss Jason he was her brother for most of her life and now he was across the Atlantic ocean living in Europe with Zack. How she would love to tell them she was a ranger now. With a sigh she chose to answer
"It's complicated Tommy, Things happened, Bad things. I never stopped loving you but circumstances broke me. They took things from me that never should have been taken. You deserved better… So I had to let you go. You deserved to love someone who wasn't broken." She could feel the tears slipping down her cheeks as the feeling of being dirty, and used came back tenfold. Every word she spoke brought that night back to her mind. Every little detail etched into her memory. She could almost feel herself breaking all over again.
Tommy watched as the strong woman he knew so long ago shattered before him. the way she spoke, The way she pulled back into herself showed him what she couldn't bring herself to say. As a teacher he had seen this before in some of his students. Rape victims, Blameing themselves for what happened to them. He could see that she had never healed from something that had to have happened close to 7 years ago. His heart broke for the woman he never stopped loving. He never thought he could forgive her for that letter but he could see that she gave up everything she needed so he could try and be happy. Even if the only thing that ever made him happy was her.
"Kimberly Ann Hart… Don't you ever say that to me again, You are not broken do you understand me" his voice was calm, reassuring even loving as he reached out to brush the pad of his thumb under her eye to wipe away some tears. Once the tears were brushed away he lifted her chin "You have always been one of the strongest women I know. You are beautiful, Smart, no matter what happened in your past, I could never stop loving you, I never have…" he admitted which caused her eyes to widen.
"But Tommy…" but he cut her off before she could finish
"No buts Kim, I love you, I will always love you, and something brought us together today, something wants us to work together so let me love you." The last part was said in a whisper. He had changed from the shy boy he was when they first met, but deep down he was the same Tommy that needed to be her white knight.
She was startled by his outburst and it brought more tears to her eyes. She was just glad that the IHOP was so empty so they didn't cause too much of a scene. Tommy quickly got boxes for their food and paid before helping her out of the booth. She was still crying when they made it to the streets.
"Where do you live kim?" he asked gently his hand holding hers his thumb moving over the top of it hoping to calm her
"Just take me back to the gym… I have an apartment… Above it its nothing fancy, but Its home. You can stay with me if you want" she blushed as she said it thinking he already had a motel but it was worth a shot.
"That would be great Kim" Tommy smiled at her. The moment she offered to let him stay with her, after revealing what she just did to him he knew that she trusted him. maybe things could work out eventually. Besides, he was always forgetful and forgot to book a hotel room for his stay so in a way he was quite relieved.
Kim unlocked the door to the gym and they both entered before she turned to lock back up. She walked to the stairs that were hidden in a small alcove and flicked the lights off before taking Tommy's hand. Everything was dark but she knew the way by heart so it didn't take long for them to make their way through the darkness to a door at the top of the stairs. She unlocked it and flicked the light on. Her eyes adjusted quickly and she steped in with a sigh.
Tommy looked around at the small apartment. To the left was a nice kitchen and dining area. To the right was couch that took up most of the living room but it looked comfortable. He stood there for a moment just taking in the neutral colors, the couch was black the carpet tan, the walls were white. Occasionally there were splashes of green in the living room. None of it was what he expected it to be. There was no pink. No bright colors. No fluff or ruffles or ribbons. He turned around and noted a piece of art work on the wall. It was a landscape of the desert and in the distance was the command center surrounded by the rocky structures that it blended into. He knew it was an original piece and it made him smile. The colors fit in the room perfectly. The kitchen had all silver and black appliances. The counter top was a purple blue and black garnet topper with a deep walnut hued cabinetry beneath. After a moment he spotted kim dragging pillows a blanket and some sheets out from her bedroom and setting them up on the couch
"You can take the bedroom tonight" she smiled at him as she set up making the couch into a nice bed. Once she got everything where she wanted it she climbed up on top of the pillows and pulled her feet up under her, she watched him for a while before smiling again "You know you can relax, make yourself at home, it's not going to break." She said quietly once more before turning on the television for some background noise.
"Kim… I don't want to put you out, this is your place you should have the bed." He took a seat next to her pulling off his shoes as well before turning his eyes to whatever was on tv. He found himself laughing as he watched the cartoons that were on.
"You're not putting me out Tommy, I promise. Besides I can stretch out on this couch a lot easier then you can" she knew the couch was big but her bed was bigger. She looked at the clock on the wall and sighed. It was pushing 3:30 am. Tommy had only been with her talking for about an hour and a half and yet it felt like they started right back where they left off. She was still in her leotard and wanted a shower but wanted to make sure he was comfortable before she did so. "Do you want anything to drink?" she didn't know how long he stayed up usually but she knew there was also a 3 hour time zone difference.
"No thanks I am good Kim, aren't you tired?" he had saw the opening hours on the gym and new it opened early and yet there she was still as awake as when she was in the morning.
"Maybe a little, but I don't have to be up until 9 so its okay, I was going to get in the shower quick. Will you be okay?" she asked quite concerned.
"I will be fine, go shower beautiful" he flashed her, a grin as he used the old nickname, he could handle himself.
Kim decided to do just that, She went into her room and got out a purple silk and lace nighty and a robe. She shook her head at him as she saw him already getting comfortable on the couch and had to laugh a bit before heading into the bedroom. With the shower started she undressed and stepped in to the welcoming heat. Unfortunately she knew the feeling of being dirty wasn't just because she had worked out so hard today. The rape was still fresh in her mind, and even more so since she explained parts of it to Tommy.
Tommy relaxed into the couch but he was wide awake. He could hear the shower going and his thoughts turned to what Kim had told him today. With a sigh he leaned his head back not even watching the cartoons but grateful the noise was on. He couldn't believe how hurt Kim had been and how angry he had been when he read the letter. All he wanted to do was go back in time and chase Kim down when he had first gotten it, maybe then if he had figured it out soon enough she would have gotten the help she needed. Maybe if he had found out soon enough, they never would have broken up.
His thoughts were broken as he heard the door open and saw Kim stepping out of the steaming bathroom, she looked relieved to see he was still awake but bashful at the same time. Her robe only went down to her mid thigh and was a black shear material Underneath was the small silk nightey that was edged in lace. She quickly made her way to the couch and curled up under the blanket to snuggle in. It wasn't too long before she fell asleep.
Tommy sat watching her sleep for the longest time. it wasn't until about an hour later that he noticed the nightmares that kept Kim from sleeping decent. Her screams broke through his thoughts again and he moved over to her picking her up and cradling her in his arms. It seemed to calm her just enough to let her body stop jerking and he sighed in relief. When he thought he was in the clear he picked her up and took her into the bedroom to lay her in bed. As soon as he started to step away her bloodcurdling scream pulled him back to her. He knew he had brought up old memories by asking her why tonight, and if he being near her kept the bad dreams away then nothing would stop him. He stripped down to his boxers and the wife beater and slid into the bed beside her and that was how he fell asleep.