Author's Note: Co-written with SunsetBabe17!
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Kim walked inside her empty one-bedroom apartment. With a huff, she threw her white oversized bag onto a nearby coffee table. Sinking into her plush pink armchair, she ran a hand through her long layers of caramel locks. After the Pan-Globals were over, she was pretty much done with competing and decided to let her hair grow out. It had been an exhausting day at the gym. Her class of five-year-olds was a little rambunctious today. As she bent over to slip off her shoes, Kimberly Hart disappeared out of her apartment in a shower of pink sparkles.
As the bright pink lights faded, Kimberly landed on her butt in what she found to be an all too familiar place. Glancing around she took in the pillars of stone and a fire pit that looked like it hadn't been used in a while.
"Guess I can leave my shoes on," Kim muttered, as she stood up.
"I thought gymnasts were supposed to land on their feet?" A voice rang out from her left. Kim turned and her eyes landed on a familiar face.
"Dulcea!" Kim cried, and with a sudden burst of energy she ran over to the older woman and wrapped her arms around her. "You know, it's been a while since I've teleported," she told her, pulling away.
"Not that it's not good seeing you and all…" Kim trailed off, "but why am I here?"
"King Scion and his army of warriors are headed for Earth," Dulcea declared.
"Who's King Scion?" Kim questioned, her brows drawn together in confusion.
"He is an Evil Warlord," she began gravely, "him and his army have taken and ravaged several planets in the galaxy already," Dulcea explained.
"So…that still doesn't explain what I'm doing here," Kim stated nervously, sensing what was coming.
Dulcea shot a guilty look her way, not happy to be disrupting the woman's life when she already did her part to protect the world.
"I need you to become a ranger once a gain and lead a new team against this evil."
"Why me?" Kim gasped out, "I mean, surely there are others much better suited to this task: Jason or Tommy…"
Dulcea interrupted her, "Kimberly, you were hand chosen by Zordon and once held the power of the Ninjetti."
Kim found her way out and pounced on it, "I'm no longer a Ninjetti. I gave my power to Kat."
"That is true, Kimberly, but only you possess the power of the Crane. It is your spirit animal; Katherine was never fully one with the Crane. So you still have your powers, your spirit animal will never leave you." Kim's smile turned into a frown at this.
"Also, Kimberly, I sense that you are just wandering in life, looking for a greater purpose. And now I present you with that greater purpose. Your planet needs you."
"All right," Kim said, resigned to her fate, ready to take up the mantle of the Pink Ninjetti Ranger once again. "Now, where's the rest of my team?"
~*~*~
It had been a long day at work and Andy just wanted to go home. Andy Carson and his best friend, Jace Thomason, had been working at P. Sawyer's, the local music shop, since the summer before their junior year. Andy had originally started working so that he could save up for his car. He had finally made enough and bought the car, a black Jeep Cherokee. Not as flashy as he would have liked, but it did it's job. Yet, even though he bought the car, he enjoyed the work and stayed on. Plus, he needed gas money. He liked working in the music store. Most of the time. He eyed his best friend and glanced over at what was keeping them from closing the store. Three blondes were perusing through the various racks of CDs. Admittedly, Andy would normally appreciate the view and try to chat them up, but it was store policy that they had to wait until the last customers were out before they started to close. The girls were here past closing hour. Andy was supposed to be at a party. So he was very close to just kicking them out. Andy glared at Jace from behind the checkout counter.
"Alright, alright," Jace muttered, holding his hands up in the universal sign for surrender. He sauntered over to the trio, hoping to charm them out of the store. "Anything I can help you with, ladies?" He plastered a smile upon his boyish face.
"Nope, just looking," replied Melissa, picking up a copy of Beyonce's new album and looking at the back of it.
"Eww, you can't actually like that crap," Charissa grabbed the CD from Melissa's hands and put it back. "How 'bout some rock?" She said, dragging Melissa to the next genre. But before they could pick anything, the room shook. Rachel put down the CD she was looking at as Andy made his way over to the others.
"Did you all just feel that?" She asked, worried.
"Yeah…" Andy drawled, just as the room began to shake even more. "Oh no…" Andy grabbed Melissa, who was standing closest to him, and pulled her into him to cover her from the barrage of CDs raining on them from the display situated behind them.
"No, I spent all day on that!" Jace lamented as his display was ruined, all his hard work crashing down to the floor. But then a Rihanna CD clocked him in the face. "Ack!" He grabbed his nose and looked down at the perpetrator. "Never did like you, Rihanna." As the rest of the girls held their arms above their heads to prevent themselves from being hit, the room started to spin.
"Um, is this normal?" Questioned Rachel, who had thought this was just an ordinary earthquake common to California.
"I don't think so," Charissa answered, making her way over to stand next to Rachel.
"What's happening?" Melissa cried as the five were sucked out of the room in a brilliant flash of colorful lights.