Tracy
Prolouge
Looking out the window to the world below she took a deep breath. here she was sitting on an air plane going back to the only place that was ever home to her. Kim hadn't gone back to Angel grove in over three years not after the pan Gobals. She didn't want to go back to Angel Grove under these circumstances. just a few hours ago she found out that her best friend was killed. A drunk driver hit her head on Killing her instantly or so they were told. Kim wasn't all that upset, probably because it still hasn't sunk in yet. Trini and Kim had met in Pre-school, they met Jason in kindergarten. Their parents use to call them the three musketeers. She smiled at the memory.
Now here she was flying back home to go to her best friends funeral. Upon finding out the news, she wanted to be teleported there, but Jason had told her that Billy and everyone else agreed they should come by normal means, as to not make anyone suspious. And he was right, that was the last thing they needed to do, especially with Tommy's new Team of rangers. Kim still didn't really talk to Tommy, what was there to say after being dumped in a "dear john" letter. Not a whole lot but Jason and everyone else kept her in the loop. But now they would all be in the same place at the same time. This would be the worst possible thing that she could think of to bring them all together.
Jason told her that he'd be picking her up from the airport so she had her carry on back pack, and saw Tommy standing there holding her bags. She smiled at him, and walked over to him. He did something she didn't expect. He reached over and Hugged her.
"Kim, I know that we have had our differences, but you and Trini Were really close, and I know how this must be affecting you, and we all need to be with each other right now, and not fighting."
"Thanks Tommy. That means a lot."
They stood there in each others arms for a while. Kim trying not to cry it finally hit her, that her best friend wasn't going to be there for her anymore. There was no more calling her up just to see how she was doing and there was no more writing letters back and fourth. Or reminiscing about the old ranger days. Tommy pulled away, and grabbed her back pack from her insisting on carrying everything for her.
"Tommy, look, I know that this isn't the best time to bring this up, but I need to explain to you some things.."
Tommy glanced over at her, and shook his head, knowing where this was leading. Turning his eyes back to the road he spoke.
"Kim, listen, okay? There will be a time for that, but not before one of our good friend's funeral, it'll kill us both. We aren't in the emotional state of mind for this. Okay? I want to know about the letter as much as you want to tell me. But now is not the time okay?"
Kim sighed and looked back out the window. Her right hand holding her chin, her left had was resting on her knee. She couldn't help but look at Tommy and Smile when he reached over and grabbed her hand intertwining their fingers. Kim wasn't sure on what this meant, but it was comforting to know that Tommy didn't totally hate her. The rest of the ride was quiet not a word was spoken, and Kim found herself thinking about Trini and their days as rangers. Which made her cry. She missed trini and she had just talked to her two days before and they were going to put together a "Ranger Reunion" but now there would be a ranger reunion, but not the way they had planned.
Pulling up to Jason's house, Kim noticed all the cars and knew everyone was there. She didn't know if she could handle seeing everyone at once, her emotions were already shot and now seeing everyone, she didn't know if she could handle it, Jason was the only one who really knew why she was so scared about seeing everyone. In the car Kim had worked up the nerve to tell Tommy, the one that she new she had to tell, but he said it wasn't the time and now Kim had to work up the nerve again to do it, and she wasn't sure if she could.
Again, he carried her bags for her, and they walked into the house, she saw everyone that she knew she would see and then there were three teenagers there, that she knew she did not know. Jason was the first to walk over to her, and he hugged her, the second he hugged her she started to cry, she knew that it was real. Seeing all her friends there, and not Trini made it all to real for her, and she lost it.
"Kim, I'm sorry that I couldn't pick you up. Mr. And Mrs. Kwan wanted me to help them with some things, since you weren't here. Some final funeral arrangements, I wanted to be there."
"Its okay Jase, there was no yelling or fighting or anything, everything is fine. don't worry."
Kim hugged everyone, and then shook hands with the three teenagers. Two boys and a girl. Kira Conner and Ethan, Tommy's new rangers, she had to admit, they were nice, and she didn't doubt that they were strong. From what she understood the dino crystal things picked them, not the other way around. She excused herself to her room to get ready for the funeral. Back downstairs everyone had questions for Tommy.
"Tommy, man how is she really?"
"Jason, I have no clue, we all know how Kim is with her feelings, I'm sure she's going through hell right now. And you know what? She needs us all, not matter if we were angry at her before, now is not the time to be angry with her, or with each other for that matter, we all need to be there for each other."
To Be continued….