Hell hath no fury like an angry Kimberly Hart, at least that was what they had all been told. Not many of them had ever seen Kimberly past the point of no return, when everything was tossed out the window and she truly let loose. The one man that had seen it in earnest had good reason to see it, he had tried, so hard to maintain their relationship, but things fell to the wayside and the letter from hell arrived at his doorstep close to a year ago. Since then, things had changed in Angel Grove, sure there were still monsters, but the now red ranger had lost his fire. No one knew what it would take to get that fire back or if it was even possible anymore. They knew he was not a lost cause, but they also knew that he was no longer the person that they had worked with for so long.

The practice for the tournament was going as planned and everyone hoped the outcome would be good, especially because of who it would benefit. Nothing like letting down a couple hundred kids to give them perspective, but Tommy could still not find his focus, the focus that had left him so suddenly a few months before. He, however, was not the one to get injured, as he secretly wished, but watched as his friend sailed out of the safety of the ring and onto the cold concrete below. He knew, before he saw, that there was no way Rocky could do this and it would take some sort of miracle to make everything right. He just didn't think that miracle might bring back his past.

"What do you mean they've been captured?" Tommy asked, after having rescued Legriot from the sure doom of the jungle and bringing him back to the command center. It was enough that Legriot's family was captured, he was not sure he could deal with anything else at the moment. If she had captured someone that would mean a rescue mission and it would also mean that it had to be someone that the rangers would feel a personal pull towards.

"You'll see," Divatox crooned as the image flashed of two divers in wet suits, one obviously female and petite. The lump that formed in his throat let him know this could only be one woman that he was looking as and as she pulled off her mask, he felt his knees weaken. It couldn't be her, it had to be someone else, Divatox could not have taken Kimberly. "Two rangers of your own."
"Kimberly," Tommy breathed as he stared up at her and the others all gave him concerned looks. They all knew of the break up and the in turn 'relationship' that he had with Katherine. Everyone, even Katherine, saw that all being thrown out the window as he saw the love of his life trapped with some demented being. "Don't touch her."

"Touch her? Have I hit the jackpot?" Divatox asked with a smile looking at the rangers and seeing their startled faces. "Your precious rangers for Legriot?"

"In your dreams," Adam spoke up, quickly, as none of them trusted what Tommy might give away at the moment. She looked so different to him, it had been over a year since they had seen each other, a year since they had made love and promised to be there for each other forever. Obviously her opinion of forever was much shorter than his.

"Bring him or they die," Divatox said as Tommy's eyes flickered closed and then he barely nodded his head that they would bring Legriot.

Looking back on it, he should have known that there was no way that she would keep her word. When he got to the first body, he had just thought that they had knocked them out or done something to make it where they wouldn't swim. Although Adam tried to drag him back, he was desperate, he had to know if Kimberly was still trapped. Jason could be damned at this point, Kimberly was the only one that he was worried about. That was how he got here, sitting on this damn ship with new powers, a new teammate and a headache from hell. The perfect way to start a ranger rescue and as always, the perfect way to give him time to think.

"Tommy, are you all right?" Kat asked as she walked up to him on deck and he let out a sigh as he pulled her into a hug. "She's a tough girl Tommy, I'm sure that she can keep herself safe until we get there."

"I know," Tommy muttered under his breath as he reached for her hand and gave in a gentle squeeze. "I can't do this anymore Katherine, I'm sorry."

"Tanya and Adam made a bet that you wouldn't even make it back to the Command Center without saying that," Kat said with a smile as he looked over at her. She was a great deal taller than Kim and although that didn't bother him, she just didn't fit him the way that Kimberly had. He had come to the conclusion that no one would, no matter how hard they tried, his heart had been stolen and it was not going to be given to anyone else. "It's okay Tommy, we all know you love her. I just don't know why you even tried to move on in the first place."

"What options did she really give me?" Tommy asked as Justin let out a scream and he turned around to see the young boy in a fight. "Crap."

The fight that then ensued was nothing out of the ordinary, even for the fact that they were on some haunted vessel, heading to the island of something on a desperate search for their friends. Yeah, the battle wasn't bad, it was actually good, it gave the red ranger a much needed chance to not think about what was ahead.

"So, what did Tommy say?" Tanya asked as she and Kat lay down on the bed that they had declared their own as soon as they saw the sleeping arrangement. Tommy, who they all knew wouldn't sleep, had offered the two other beds to Justin and Adam. He had said that he could sleep on the floor, which they all knew was true.

"What we all knew was coming," Kat said with a sad smile as Tanya's eyes widened. "He's a good guy, we both know that Tanya, but I'll never fill the space that she left in his heart."

"So you're giving up?" Tanya asked as Kat shook her head no and then pulled out a letter from her pocket and passed it to her best friend.

"No, I'm just doing what she asked of me," Kat said as Tanya's eyes scanned over the letter and her mouth dropped open. "She knew that there would be a day when Tommy would be put in a situation like this and if the choice were to save me or to save her, I'd be a lousy second Tan. He doesn't know about the boy or that I've actually seen his child, it's her place to tell him."

"And if she doesn't this time?" Tanya asked as Kat shook her head as she smiled.

"She will Tanya, if I know anything about her now, I know that she will tell him when confronted by the facts of losing him again. It's why she came out here in the first place. Too bad that Divatox messed things up for her," Kat said as Tanya just looked at her in shock. How in the world could she be taking this break up so well? "I've known all along Tan, Jason and I have."

"And you went along with it?" Tanya said in an exclaimed whisper, afraid to wake the slumbering boys or even worse, draw Tommy back downstairs.

"Yes, because of him," Kat said as she nodded over to the man that had walked into the room and gave him a sad smile. "Tommy, why don't you get some rest?"

"It's no good to try to sleep," Tommy said as he sat down on the edge of the bed and placed his head in his hands. Every time he closed his eyes there was some flash of her, some memory that made him jerk awake. He couldn't rest like this, although he knew that his body needed it for the upcoming battle.

"Come here," Kat said, softly, as he looked back at her and he then followed her command and sat down directly in front of her. He felt her hands as they gently massaged out the knots and tangles that had become his muscles in the last few hours. As she did this, his mind started to slip away and his head began nodding towards his chest. Before Kat knew it, he was snoring and she and Tanya slowly lowered him into the bed before digging out some covers and laying down on the floor. Tommy would probably kill them in the morning for even allowing him to sleep, but it would be all right. The two of them had many more matters to discuss before morning light.