Retribution Chapter 1, a power rangers fanfic

So I do realize that forever red ending isn't finished yet but I decided to pound this one out! It came to me in a dream! Kidding! So gnaw on this for a while while I get ready for the next chaps!

Disclaimer: they're not mine, I'm not making any money from it, back off I'm just a broke college kid!

A/N: wow this is my first one of these things! Alright so this is quite obviously an alternate universe and here are my changes:

1.They never got Turbo powers.

2. They did do Murianthas and that whole shebang, Kim and Jason being turned evil for like 5 minutes, and, basically, just imagine that they did the whole Turbo season with their Zeo powers and minus the kid. No offense to those who like him, I just thought it was strange that these high schoolers would willing spend a large amount of time with someone younger than them that wasn't related in some way, and being a ranger doesn't count in this instance.

3. Instead of passing on their powers they defeated all the bad guys, (yes there will be a new bad guy of my own creation)

4. Zordon didn't die! I cried when I saw that episode and I will try not to kill him in this so you won't cry either. Key word: try!

5. I also couldn't stand Dimitria and Alpha 6 so they aren't there either.

6. And on top of that Billy returned to Earth, I couldn't leave him on that water planet.

7. Jason went back to the conference shortly after Murianthas as well as that little span between that and his gold ranger days. Think of them as "vacations".

Pairings other than Kim and Tommy will be made known as you continue on. This story takes place about a year and a half after the Turbo movie.

So I think that's all the things you need to know. If I think of anymore I'll let you know!

o...

He was floating in the darkness of space. His conscience had begun to tell him that he was needed somewhere. Power! That's what he needed, and lots of it. A memory was tickling in the faint recesses of his mind. A person; a warrior. He contemplated this thought for a bit. Was it him? No, it was someone else. He had been defeated by this warrior! The image of a woman floated into view. His heart pounded out a steady thump thump thump. He knew this woman! He had wanted this woman! She had rejected him for the warrior! The woman no longer existed but the warrior... Ah! Yes, he was still alive! Revenge! That was what the creature wanted! Revenge!

In the depths of space, this enormous inky vacuum, heard a sound like a hiss or a whisper, ZZZZOOOORRRRDDDOOONNN.

o...

Billy Cranston was doing his monthly check of the Power Chamber and visiting Alpha and Zordon. With Zedd, Rita, Divatox and the rest gone, the former rangers could relax, but Billy took it upon himself to visit his mentor and make sure that the equipment that Alpha wasn't able to take care of was in working condition.

"Alpha, can you hand me the wrench on top of the teleportation unit?"

"Right away Billy!" the little android chirped happily, or as happily as a robot could sound. He retrieved the tool an brought it to the former blue ranger, who was currently waist deep in another of the other machines. Billy's hand was outstretched from inside the machine.

"Thanks," and he set off to complete his repairs.

"So what have you heard from the other rangers? Do you think that they might visit us soon?" Alpha inquired. Whenever the other former rangers were in town they would teleport into the Power Chamber to visit with Zordon and Alpha.

"Well," Billy began, "I talked to Trini about two weeks ago and she said that she, Jason, and Zach were going to come home soon. I think it's going to be within a month or so. Rocky and Adam will be coming in from L.A next week at the earliest. Tanya is flying in from New York at about the same time and Aisha is on the first plane from Africa tomorrow. As for Kat, she's still going to be in London for a while, I'm not sure when she's going to be able to have some down time. And last but not least, Tommy finished up his racing career yesterday and should be rolling into town sometime within the next four days."

"Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai! I'm so excited! But wait Billy, what about Kimberly?"

At that Billy pushed himself out from underneath the equipment he had been working on and looked sadly at the little android. "Honestly Alpha, I have no idea. I don't believe that any of us have heard from her since the incident on Murianthas. I wish I did though." He sighed and went back to work.

Zordon had remained silent this entire time, listening to the conversation between his blue ranger and his assistant. He was saddened at the mention of his first pink ranger. And although he cared for all of his rangers, Kimberly had a special place in his heart. He cared for her as a daughter and greatly missed her bubbly presence. She was a force unto herself.

Billy finished working on his machine and stood wiping his hands off on a rag. "Well that should just about do it. Let's turn it on and give it a shot."

He had been working on a ways to extend the range on the sensors. Alpha pushed the correct buttons to turn it on and it gave a slight whooring noise before humming steadily, then a siren went off.

"Zordon!" Billy exclaimed, "What's going on? I could swear that all my calculations are correct and it should be working just fine!"

"Billy you have done nothing except alerting us to a great and unimaginable danger," Zordon told him. "And if it is who I think it is, then the galaxy at large is at risk. We must contact the other rangers immediately."

"Right, well I guess I'll just go down the list." Billy lifted his communicator to his mouth and began informing the other rangers one-by-one.

o...

Geneva, Switzerland

10:34 pm

Saturday June 3, 1998

Zach Taylor was walking down the hall to his dorm room that he shared with one of his best friends, Jason Scott. He whistled a little tune to himself as he thought about how great it was going to be once he got back to America. The people here were great, the girls were gorgeous, but he still missed his family and the rest of his friends. He had just picked up a late dinner from one of the vendors in the neighborhood and thought that he and Jason could do with eating something as they packed to go home.

He got to his room and shifted the bags he was carrying into one hand as he attempted to get the door open. After several tries, the door swung open and he walked in, only to find his roommate on his couch with a girl slightly on top of him, on the other side of an extremely heated kiss. Setting the bags on the table, he threw his keys down after it and shouted rather loudly with a goofy grin on his face, "Hey Trini! Glad you could join us! Do you mind removing your lips from my roommate's long enough so he can eat?!"

His entrance had the desired effect on the couple and the two jumped apart quickly. The pair looked a bit sheepish as they muttered a quick apology shifting apart on the couch a bit but still within reach of the other, they began to straighten their clothes. Zach chuckled as he unpacked the dinner he brought, "I swear I think you two are worse than Kim and Tommy ever were. They were just unbearably sweet, you two seem like all you want to do is just be able to give a detailed description of the each others tonsils. By the way I brought dinner." Trini, trying to hide her embarrassment, moved off the couch to help him unpack the food he brought.

"You're just jealous that you don't have a chick to make out with anytime you want and still be able to go home with her," Jason teased him.

"Really Jason," Trini scolded him. "I think we should probably cool it a little bit. I mean what would your parents say if they had caught us?"

"I don't know about my mom but dad would look at me and say 'Son, good job'," Jason said with a smirk. Trini returned his look and Zach rolled his eyes, having gotten used to the relationship the two had formed over the past year.

"Look, all I know is I don't expect to come home and find a porn flick being acted out in my living room," Zach told them and then was promptly smacked upside the head by Trini. "I gotta remember where am when I say things," he looked pointedly at Trini.

"Whatever, just pass the grub," Jason took one of the containers of Chinese food that Zach had brought home. As they dug into their dinner, Trini's communicator went off. All three were slightly stunned, the last time one of their communicators had gone off Jason had to take over as the gold ranger.

Slowly, Trini answered her communicator.

"Trini here."

"Trini, it's Billy. How soon can you get here? We have a huge problem!"

"What is it Billy?" Zach and Jason edged closer to her.

"I was tweaking the sensors earlier and I think that we may have a rather large and dangerous problem on our hands. Zordon has asked that all rangers report back to the command center as soon as possible. When do you think you'll be back here?"

"Well our flight home isn't for another couple of days but I'm sure we could ship everything off tomorrow and then exchange our tickets to be on the red eye tomorrow night."

"Great! One more thing, have any of you had any contact with Kimberly lately?"

"Well I've tried calling her at the gymnastic dorms but they say that she doesn't live there anymore."

"I have as well. I'm just not sure if anyone has talked to her in a while."

"I think maybe Aisha has but I'm not too sure. Why don't you try calling Kim on her communicator?"

"I would but I don't know if she still has it."

"It wouldn't hurt to try Billy. And don't worry about contacting Zach and Jason. They're right next to me."

"Thanks then. I'll see you soon. Billy out."

Trini suddenly felt emotionally drained. She hadn't talked to her best friend in over a year and now they may have to suit up again. The cheerful mood that had once had the trio in good spirits had vanished with Billy's call. Suddenly Jason stood up and began putting whatever items he could find into boxes.

"Jason, man what are you doing?" Zach asked him.

"Well if we're going to be leaving here by tomorrow, we need to get all of this packed up now. Let's hurry. I've got a feeling that none of us are getting any sleep tonight," he said with a wry smile on his face.

o...

Los Angels, California

7:40 am

Saturday June 3, 1998

Rocky DeSantos picked up the remote as he stumbled blearily into the living room. His roommate and best friend Adam Park had been woken up by his girlfriend Tanya Sloan and since the walls were paper thin, had also been woken up in the process. Very few rational thoughts had filtered through his mind this morning one of them was if it was possible to beat someone senseless with a phone if they're across the country. He flipped through the channels restlessly, unable to find something that would catch his attention. Then, from out of the haze of early morning, a six-toned chime he hadn't heard in a little over six months broke the silence of the room. Digging through the drawer in the living room table he found his communicator.

"Rocky here."

"This is Billy, Rocky you and Adam need to get here as soon as you can."

"Why, what's wrong?"

"Zordon says that a being with the potential of destroying the galaxy might have been let loose."

"Oh that old chestnut."

"Rocky! Wake up! This is serious!"

"Alright, alright. I'll let Adam know and we'll be there within a few hours. Do we need to tell Tanya as well?"

"Wha... Is she there?"

"No Adam's talkin' to her on the phone. So do we need to tell her?"

"Yes, please if you would. Before I go have you or Adam talked to Kim recently?"

"Nah, sorry Billy," Rocky said through a yawn.

"Thanks anyway, Billy out."

Gathering himself together Rocky stood up and yelled, "Adam we gotta go save the world again! Tell your girl she has to too!" And with that he walked into the shower to get ready for the drive back to Angel Grove.

o...

London, England

9: 48 pm

Saturday June 3, 1998

Kat Hillard was on cloud nine! She just had the greatest day. She was in A Midsummer's Night Dream and yesterday had been one of their best performances yet. Then to celebrate she and her fellow dancers had gone out all day and shopped till they dropped. She was in a great mood and nothing could change it. Kat had just returned from dinner after deciding to turn in early. She entered her little apartment, she had gotten it all by herself, and locked the door after herself. Walking into her bathroom, she started up her tub for a nice soak. Humming to herself, she noticed a noise coming from her bedroom. In her nightstand, she kept her most important items, including her communicator which had decided to go off.

Eying it wearily, she answered.

"This is Kat."

"Hey Kat, it's Billy."

"Billy what's wrong? You never use the communicators anymore."

"Kat I hate to ask you this but..."

"Oh no! You need me to come back don't you?! Billy my life has just fallen into order I can't just take up the power again!"

"Kat I understand. Believe me, if it wasn't important I wouldn't have contacted you but, you need to get back here."

"Does Zordon say I have to?" she asked quietly.

"He's requested that all former rangers come. But if you don't want to, well then I guess I can't really make you."

"I'll think about it Billy. I'll let you know by tomorrow," she consented.

"Thank you Kat. Billy out."

Suddenly Kat felt her world crumble. Looking at the communicator in her hand, her eyes

began to water. The communicator flew through the air smashing into a far wall with a slight thump and landed on the carpet.

o...

Chicago, Illinois

10:55 am

Saturday June 3, 1998

"Tommy, son I wish you would reconsider," the beefy man said with his arm around the young man's shoulders.

"I know Uncle John, I just figure that I should probably go to college and then see if I can make anything out of the rest of my life. Racing has never been my dream, just a really fun hobby," Tommy Oliver said with a slight smile on his face.

"I understand kid, but just know that there will always be a spot open for you if you decide to come back," John told his nephew.

"Thanks Uncle John. We'll I'd better get going. Mom's expecting me sometime this week." Tommy gave his uncle a hug and walked out of the race track. He had spent a year making one great big left turn racing for his uncle and had decided that the race car driver's life wasn't for him. He had also spent the year trying to drive the memory of his ex-girlfriend, his Beautiful, from his mind. Every time he thought of her, his heart felt heavy. Sighing deeply, he walked to his jeep. Of course he hadn't been trying very hard to banish the memory of his ex from his mind very hard. He opened the door, sat, and flipped down the sun visor. Pinned on it, was a picture of a smiling girl with long chestnut hair and bright hazel eyes, her arms were wrapped tightly around Tommy's neck. Pulling it from the pins, Tommy stared at it.

"Damn," he mumbled and put the picture back. Just then a muffled noise came from his glove compartment. "Double damn."

He quickly pulled out his communicator and answered it, confident he was alone in the nearly deserted parking lot.

"Tommy, this is Billy. Do you read me?"

"I read you Billy. What's up?"

"We have a situation here. How soon can you get here?"

"I'll be back in about a day and a half. Less if I don't slow down or stop."

"We don't need you breaking any laws Tommy. A day and a half is fine."

"Is everyone coming?" he asked a bit nervous of the answer.

"If this is your way of asking if Kim is coming, I'm not sure. I haven't talked to her yet. Why will it affect your decision?"

"No, no," he said quickly. "I just wanted to know."

"Alright Billy out."

Tommy put his communicator back in the glove compartment and leaned down until his forehead touched the steering wheel. Sighing once more he leaned back up and started the jeep. "Triple damn."

o...

Miami, Florida

12:03 pm

Saturday June 3, 1998

Aisha Campbell walked from the bedroom into the kitchen, where her former pink companion was making lunch.

"Morning Kim," she said cheerfully.

"Morning? You are a little late for that," Kimberly Hart teased. "Hope you like tuna fish. I need to go shopping soon."

"That's fine Kim. If you want we..." she was interrupted by a noise coming from the living room. Kim quickly walked in and straight to a play pen that had been set up in the middle. She picked up the little girl that had previously been sleeping and cuddled the fussing infant.

"Aw... is my little baby hungry?" she asked rocking the little girl back and forth. Kim stroked her dark brown curls and then bent back down to pick up a stuffed white rabbit and handed it to the child. "Here you go Chloe! Here's Mr. Fluffy." Clutching the rabbit to her chest the baby put her fist in her mouth. Kim walked back to the kitchen and let Aisha greet the girl.

"Hey there Chlo-Chlo! How are we doing today, huh?" Aisha reached for the baby, releasing Kim of the weight in her arms, and sat down at the kitchen table with the infant in her arms. "So?"

"So what Isha? I already told you, there is nothing more to talk about."

"Kim you had his baby! Granted you had your reasons at the time, but now you should probably let him know. Knowing him the way we do, the minute Tommy finds out he'll be pissed for all of three seconds before jumping right in to play daddy."

"It's not the simple though. I mean, yes, he and Kat broke up ages ago, but what if he hates me? Aisha I couldn't handle that. I love him too much and that would just kill me." She explained bringing the sandwiches over to the table. Kim sat down across from her friend and reached out to touch her daughter's hand.

"Kim he won't hate you. Mad at you, yes. Hate you, not even if you shot his dog." Chloe looked at Aisha and made a gurgling affirmative sound. "See? Even Chloe knows her daddy would just love her and her mommy to pieces." Kim picked up her daughter from Aisha and looked down at her.

"Maybe your right. I'll try calling him soon. Maybe if I explain myself he might not hate me."

"Argh! Kim he won't hate you!" Aisha was getting aggravated with her. "Did he forgive you for the letter?"

"Well we didn't exactly get around to talking about the letter," Kim said blushing.

"Let's just assume he did because I'm sure that he would have forgiven you if you had actually talked as opposed to just jumping each other."

"Aisha! Little ears! I swear!" Kim scolded her with a smile.

"What?! All I was saying was..." she never got to finish as her communicator went off from in the bedroom.

"I'd better go get that," Aisha said jumping up from the table. Chloe began to whimper and cry at the shrill noise.

"Hey, hey? What's with the crying, huh?" Kim tried to soothe her baby, rubbing her back. Aisha came back into the room holding her communicator, as it chirped again.

"Well answer it!" Kim said sharply.

"Aisha here."

"Aisha, it's Billy. Do you know how to get in touch with Kim? It's important."

"Yea, why?" she said with a questioning look in her eyes. Kim looked between a combination of nervous and upset.

"We need you and Kim to get back to Angel Grove as soon as possible. Zordon believes that there may be a being who wishes to cause harm to the galaxy."

At that moment, Chloe had chosen that time to make herself known.

"Dada?"she said in a soft innocent voice.

"No sweetie, that's not Daddy," Kim said without thinking. Beat. "Oh crap."

Billy was momentarily stunned, but managed to croak, "Aisha, was that a baby and Kim?"

"Um... Hi Billy," Kim stuttered.

"Hey, uh... do you think that you'll be able to get here to help?" Chloe began banging a spoon she had managed to get her hands on on the table.

"Hey Chlo, give Mommy the spoon," she said taking the "toy" from Chloe, "Only if you think you can find baby furniture," she finished a bit sheepish.

"I think I can," Billy told her, still in shock.

"Just the bare minimum. Play pen, high chair, baby bed. That's it. Everything else I think I can handle."

"Sure, sure. Billy out," and he signed off.

"Oh shit! What the hell did I just agree to?" Kim asked to no one in particular.

"Well, it seems that you've just agreed to meeting all our fellow rangers with your child in tow." Aisha said slightly amused.

"I did didn't I. Hey do you think I can call him back and back out?" she said suddenly excited.

"I doubt that you would and even if you did, I would push you onto that plane myself," Aisha said getting up.

"Where are you going?"

"To pack up what I have laying around here, then I'm going to start on the little darling and then we can pack what you haven't in that time, which will more than likely be all of it," and with that, Aisha went into the other room.

Looking down at Chloe sucking on the ear of her rabbit, she told her softly, "Well, looks like we'll get to see Daddy sooner than I had hoped baby girl." With a sigh, Kim pushed herself up from the table and followed Aisha into the bedroom. The tuna fish went untouched.

o...

so that's part 1! I'm so excited this is my longest story to date and it's only the first chapter! As a side note, I know Kat came off as slightly bitchy but I don't mean to make her that way, not that she's my favorite character or anything, but I'm not sure if I'm going to include her in the rest of the story or not so I have an easy out. Now when you review, and you are going to review because you all love me so much, you get to tell me if you want Kat in the rest of the story or not, she may be in it either way but not as "major" as the rest of characters. And if it helps to sway your judgment any, I would probably pair Kat off with Billy, just so you know. Now review and make me happy! Or I may never finish! Muahahaha!