Angel Grove, California

"Tommy come on cheer up. Skiing is just the thing to get your mind off Kimberly. It's gonna be fun." Kat said as she, Tommy and Billy walked into the ski lodge.

"Thanks guys but I don't know…Kim and I dated for three years, you can't just shut off your feelings…I'm sorry guys you don't need my sulking, let's try and have fun."

"That's the spirit. Come on, let's check in before we hit the slopes" Billy replied patting Tommy on the shoulder.

Miami, Florida

Ring ring…"You have reached the Oliver's we are not home right now leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible." Click.

"Trini, why won't he answer, I have been trying for the past week, to get a hold of him, to get a hold of anybody." Kimberly Ann Hart cried to her friend, who was sitting next to her on a bench in the Miami courthouse. Trini Kwan, was Kimberly's best friend, they have known each other since kindergarten. In Kimberly's time of need she was able to contact Zach and Trini, due to the fact that they had come to visit her. Jason was unfortunate to make the trip and was therefore unreachable. Zach was able stay with Kimberly at the beginning of everything but had to return shortly before the situation was finished. Trini was allowed to stay. Jason was gone by the time Zach returned…he had the opportunity to leave the peace conferences early by touring with a group of individuals to study more and to share what they learned before returning home, to California.

"I don't know it makes no sense…usually they return your calls, maybe something big is happening in Angel Grove." Trini said, trying to comfort her friend.

"What did Kat say when you talked to her at the beginning of the week?"

"That she would tell the gang what happened, but in my opinion, I don't trust her."

"Trini, come on, yea she tried to kill me, but she was under a spell. She returned my power coin, she helped me overcome my fear, and I made it to be able to compete. The least I could do to repay her is have her become my successor. Remember, Tommy was evil before he became a ranger."

"No, he was already a ranger when he was evil; he still had a coin when he overcame the spell. Kat had nothing….Let's go Kim; we have to be back in the courtroom in 5 minutes. The Jury is about to come back with the verdict."

"You go ahead, I'm going to try and call Tommy one last time." With that said Trini walked back to the courtroom while Kim dialed Tommy's house.

Ring ring. "Hello?" a feminine voice said on the other line.

"Mrs. Oliver?"

"Yes, who is this?"

"Kim, Kimberly Hart."

"Hello."

"Is Tommy there, I need to talk to him."

"He went skiing with Billy and Kat. I don't expect him home till Sunday at the latest."

"Oh, okay, I'll just call back then."

"We would like it if you didn't. I'm sorry Kimberly, but we would appreciate it if you didn't call here again. Good day." With that Mrs. Oliver hung up the phone. She felt bad and she loved Kimberly like her own daughter, but after the letter that Tommy received she figured it was best that Kimberly not call the house until Tommy feels like he can talk to her again.

Kimberly hung up with tears forming in her eyes. She stared at her phone shocked. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Mrs. Oliver told her never to call their house again.

"Kimberly, it's time to go back in." Trini said as she came out of the courtroom and saw Kimberly still sitting on the bench. As she got closer she saw fresh tears on her friends face. "Oh my gosh, Kimberly, what happened?"

Kimberly looked up at her friend. "Mrs. Oliver, picked up, she said that Tommy was out skiing with Billy and Kat for the weekend. When I told her I'd call back when he was home she asked me to never call back. Ever. Trini why would she say that?" Kimberly sobbed.

"I don't know. I wish I could tell you, but I really don't know. Now let's clear your face of your tears and get in the courtroom the verdict is about to be presented. Then we have to go back to your place so I can grab my stuff then head to the airport."

Kimberly dried her eyes and got up. Trini gave her a hug, and still holding on to her friends shoulder, directed her into the courtroom. As soon as they sat down the jury came out from their door.

Kimberly couldn't believe her week. It was the most terrifying week of her life. Something that she never thought would happen to her happened. She never knew that human beings could destroy and make someone weak. She always thought it was the monsters that she used to fight every day since freshman year in high school. She was wrong. She went from being a strong individual to a frightened weak teenager in just one night.

Once the judge came out of his quarters everyone stood, and once he sat so did everyone in the courtroom.

"Will the defendant please rise" The judge asked, and the defendant followed his orders taking a look over his shoulder to Kim and Trini with a smirk on his face then turned his attention back toward the judge and jury. "Have you come to a decision?" The judge asked the head jury who also rose from his seat.

"Yes your honor we have." He replied

"How do you find the defendant?"

"We the jury, find the defendant…not guilty."

"The jury has spoken. Court is adjourned." The judge announced pounding his gravel to mean that the trial was over. Kim looked towards her best friend since elementary school with fear in her eyes. Trini felt sorry for her, and showed it through her facial expression. While the defendant was smirking at them while getting the cuffs removed.

"Trini, how could they do this? He ruined my life, how can I….this isn't right…he should be going to jail for what he's done." Kim cried as they left the courtroom, looking over her shoulder one last time at the defendant.

Trini could only wrap an arm around her best friend and push the reporters away from them as they left the building. Trini took Kim's keys once they got to the car. The car ride from the courthouse to Kim's dorm was quiet, all except Kim's cries. Once they arrived at the dorms, Trini ran to Kim's dorm and grabbed her bags. The crowd of reporters outside the courthouse had delayed their leaving time. Trini didn't have that much time left before her plane left. Once she was back in the car, Kim had stopped crying. Her head was turned towards the passenger window, staring off into space.

"I'll call you once I get back to Switzerland." Trini said as she pulled out onto the road. Kim said nothing. "I want to make sure your okay and to let you know I made it safely back to the conferences."

"Thanks."

"Are you going to be okay?" Trini asked putting a hand on Kim's shoulder to comfort her friend.

"Yea, I'll be fine" Kim said as she turned her attention towards the driver's seat. "I'm going to start packing all my things when I get back to the dorms after your flight leaves. I'm also going to try and get a hold of everyone again back in Angel Grove." Trini nodded, as Kim turned her attention back outside the passenger window. The rest of the car ride was silent.

Trini arrived at her gate just as they had called everyone that the flight to Switzerland was boarding. She turned to Kim. "I'm going to call you when I arrive. Let me know how everything went after calling everyone. Bye, sis." Trini said hugging her best friend who soon started crying on her friends shoulder again. "You going to be okay driving home?"

"I'll be fine. I'll talk to you when you land okay? Bye." With that said they both turned and walked their own way. On the way back to her car, Kim kept looking around like she was being singled out, looked at and talked about. She also felt that someone was following her. Once she was back into her dorm she locked all the doors and closed all the curtains. She turned on her light so she could see and picked up the phone. Once she had a number dialed she rested it between her head and shoulder as she started packing up her stuff into boxes. After an hour of trying to call people, she put the phone down and finished packing. It was about 2 in the morning when she finished and knew that she needed to get some sleep. She would try people again tomorrow afternoon when she knew that it would be early enough to call everyone on the west coast.

Around four o'clock the next day Kim was finishing up some last minute packing. There was one box she was not going to close up until she was about to leave. She tried calling everyone in Angel Grove again and nobody answered. It was Sunday afternoon so someone had to be home, and it surprised her that no one wasn't. Kimberly went into the box that was unopened and pulled out her old communicator. Maybe they were at the command center, she didn't care, she needed to find someone to talk to, and she had to get to the bottom of everyone not returning her calls. She taped up the last box with the words written DO NOT OPEN and then started pressing buttons, trying to remember which one was which on her old communicator. This whole week has just messed with her head that she couldn't remember how her old communicator worked. All of a sudden she felt a tingling sensation and she was gone in a flash of pink.

Angel Grove, California

Command Center

"Alpha, I'm going to make sure the zords are all up to par. I'll be right back." Billy said as he grabbed a scanner and walked out of the main room. Just as he left, a pink light appeared. Once, the light died Zordon and Alpha found Kimberly in its place.

"Aye, yai yai, Kimberly what are you doing here?"

"Alpha? Zordon? Oh, I must have pressed too many buttons."

"Kimberly, what has happened? Why are you in Angel Grove?" Zordon asked concerned for his first pink ranger.

"Zordon, I was just trying to contact you through my communicator but I guess I teleported instead…Zordon, do you know why the others are not answering any of my calls."

"Kimberly, you have no idea what is going on?"

"No, everyone is ignoring my calls, why is that?"

"Observe the viewing globe, Kimberly." Kimberly did as Zordon told her. She covered her mouth and choked back a sob, and shook her head violently. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Everyone was crowded around Tommy who was lifting weights, Adam was reading a letter. He stopped halfway and Tommy finished. When the screen went black she turned back towards her old mentor. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Zordon, I didn't write that let alone send any letter to the youth center. I haven't talked let alone written anyone any letters in 3 weeks, especially this week. I have been trying to call since…I have been trying to call but no one has answered; now I know why." Kimberly tried to explain.

"Kimberly, what has happened? You used to be so full of life. You also say you never wrote any letter."

Kimberly hugged herself and stared at her shoes. She slowly looked up at Alpha and then to Zordon. It was then that Zordon saw the true nature of what had become of his once full of life Pink Ranger. "You don't know?"

"Know what Kimberly?" Alpha asked as he tilted his head to the side curious at what could have happened to the heart of the original team.

"Zordon can you please pull up the Miami News on the viewing globe?" Zordon nodded and did as he was asked. What he saw shocked him more than anything else he had seen. Kimberly was looking down once again by the time the clip started, and she was crying once again by the time it was over. "See Zordon, how could I have written it if I was trying to get a hold of everyone since then? The only ones I was able to get a hold of was Trini and Zach but only because they were visiting me in Florida. They didn't even sleep much while they were in Florida because they were watching me, because I needed them."

"Kimberly, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" At the sound of that voice Kimberly turned her head towards the doors. There standing in the doorway covered in oil was Billy.

"You heard everything?"

"Since the clip of Tommy reading the letter."

"Please, do NOT say anything. I need to be the one to tell him." Billy, Zordon, and Alpha all nodded their heads in agreement. "Promise me, please." They all said that they promised. Billy left right after to finish up the scans on the zords. "Zordon, where is Tommy, so I can tell him."

"Tommy and Kat are at the youth center."

"Please teleport me outside there." Zordon nodded.

Youth Center

Kimberly landed behind a tree just outside the youth center. She found it weird that there were no cars in the parking lot. The lights were off too. She pushed whatever thoughts she was thinking away because the only thought on her mind was talking to Tommy. She walked through the darkened hallway, wondering what was going on. In the distance she heard music. The doors to the main part of the center were closed. Before she opened the doors she peeked through the windows. What she saw hurt her just as much as what had happened to her at the beginning of the week. Tommy, her sweet Tommy was in a suit, slow dancing with Kat, her pink ranger successor, who was dressed in a hot pink cocktail dress. There was a table set for two with lit candles, not far from them.

She turned and ran out of her old hang out place as fast as she could. She ran as far away from that place as she could. She ran to the lake, to what once was "their" spot. She fell to the ground crying, she didn't know what to do. She now felt that he never cared for her the way she thought he did. She knew she never wrote the letter but if he did how come he didn't come and ask her about it, even fight for her. She hurt like she never thought she could. It was over, it really was. She blames herself, she blames Rita, and she blames Coach Schmidt. She should have never left Angel Grove, let alone the rangers. But she had no choice, her friends pushed her to go and she couldn't say no, it's not like she had powers anyways thanks to Rita AND Zedd, who nearly killed her by having Katherine, her replacement, steal her power coin. Her replacement, Katherine, she knew she would be replaced as a team member but replaced as a girlfriend she never thought possible. She was grieving for a while until she heard what sounded like machines behind her.

She stood up and turned to see what the noise was. Cogs! "What the-?" she started to say before she was grabbed by 2 who had come from the side. "HEY, LET GO OF ME!" she shouted trying to pull herself from her grasp. The two that held her threw her towards the center of a circle that the cogs had formed. She tried to escape and fight them off but she was too tired emotionally that she couldn't get away.

Zordon saw this on the viewing globe and before he could call for help he saw his former pink ranger loose consciousness just as the cogs disappeared. "ALPHA, PLEASE CALL THE OTHER RANGERS AND PREPARE THE MEDICAL BED."

"Right away Zordon," Alpha, stated as he pushed buttons on the control panel. The rangers appeared as soon as they were called. They looked around wondering why they were called and noticed that alpha was wiping down the medical bed and equipment and Billy was moving his fingers quickly across one of the control panels.

"What's going on, Zordon?" Tommy asked taking up his role as leader. Just before Zordon could answer him, Billy interrupted, picking up a handheld scanner and moving towards the medical bed.

"We're ready." Just as he said those words a pink light appeared and teleported an unconscious and beaten up Kimberly. The rangers could just stand there in shock, not knowing what to do or say.

"Oh God," Katherine whispered, being the first one to come out of shock she turned her head from her predecessor and up to her mentor. "Zordon what happened to her?"

"SHE WAS ATTACKED BY COGS…FOR A REASON I AM NOT CERTON ON…EVEN THOUGH IT PAINS ME TO SAY THIS BUT I AM PLEASED THAT THEY DID NOT FIND AN IMPORTANCE IN HER. IF THEY HAD SHE WOULD BE IN MORE DANGER THAN WHAT SHE WAS." Zordon addressed his rangers. Even though he was talking to all of them he kept his focus on Tommy and Kimberly. He could tell that something had happened that did not allow Kimberly to tell Tommy the truth about the letter. If he was told he would have been by her side already instead of staying where he was when he teleported in.

"Zordon, she seems to be alright, no permanent damage just some really bad bruises and some cuts here and there," Billy stated after finishing the scan. Zordon nodded in understanding. "She should wake up in a few hours." Billy added.

Zordon knowing what Billy wanted to say but couldn't in front of the rangers, seeing how it seemed that the letter was never talked about addressed the rangers. "ALPHA AND I, ALONG WITH BILLY WILL KEEP AN EYE ON HER AND ALSO LOOK INTO THE REASON FOR THE ATTACK ON OUR CRANE, YOU SHOULD ALL GO HOME AND REST AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL IN THE MORNING, FOR ANY UPDATES." The rangers obeyed, all leaving in a flash of light except for Tommy who left with one last look at the medical bed.

Once Tommy left Billy spoke up, "She is exhausted Zordon both physically and emotionally. The trial was very stressful and finding out about the letter just added to that strain. Followed by the attack by the cogs she'll be out for a good 3 hours at the least. I also think that for some reason, she was unable to tell Tommy everything, he seemed like they haven't talked since-" he cut himself off.

"I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WITH YOUR LOGIC BILLY. IT DOES SEEM THAT THEY DID NOT TALK TONIGHT. WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL SHE WAKES UP. GO AND REST, ALPHA AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING, WE WILL CALL YOU IF WE NEED TO." Billy nodded in understanding. As much as he would have liked to stay he knew he couldn't argue with Zordon. He left the room and went to the room he usually occupied when staying late at the command center.

3 hours later

"Ouch, anybody get the name of the truck that hit me?" Kimberly lifted her hand to her head, and slowly sat up on the medical bed.

"Kimberly?" Alpha said as he turned to face her from the consol he was working on.

"HOW ARE YOU FEELING KIMBERLY?" Zordon asked curious on the health of his first pink.

"Like I was hit by a truck but what do you expect when you get attacked out of the blue by stupid looking robots." Zordon snickered at her description of the cogs.

"IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AWAKE. WE WERE WORRIED."

"How long was I out?"

"Only a few hours, but you should rest some more." Alpha stated trying to get her to lie down again.

"I will when I get to Paris. Zordon please teleport me back to my dorm in Florida, I have to make sure everything is all set for the movers and I need to make sure my flight to Paris is squared away for the morning."

"YOU ARE LEAVING FLORIDA?" Zordon asked curious on why she was talking about movers.

"I can't stay there. After what happened- I just have no desire in continuing with the pan globals. Paris seems like the most logical place to go, my mother is there, its home for me now. Please Zordon, I have a flight to catch in a few hours." Kimberly said eyes filling with tears. Instead of questioning further Zordon did as he was asked, soon Kimberly found herself in her dorm in Florida. Letting the tears fall from her eyes she made sure that every box's label was addressed to her mother's in Paris. When all was done she picked up the phone, called the airport to make sure her ticket was all set and dialed a familiar number "Mom, it's me, I'm coming home, and I'll see you when I get there." She hung up the phone, grabbed her suitcase and the box labeled do not touch and walked out of the dorm one last time. Her neighbor had told her earlier that she would take care of the movers and make sure they grabbed all the boxes for her and to not worry. Two hours later and she was boarding the flight to Paris, France.

Angel Grove, California

Command Center

9:00am

Billy had returned about 4 hours after Kimberly left the power chamber. He was not that surprised to find that she was gone. He was just hoping that she would have stayed and that she would tell Tommy the truth but that was not going to happen. Soon it was back to work for him. About 3 hours later the rangers teleported in. They were shocked to find that the medical bed was put away and Kimberly was nowhere to be seen.

Rocky was the first to speak this time.

"Zordon, where did Kim go?"

"SHE LEFT SHORTLY AFTER SHE AWOKE. I TELEPORTED HER BACK HOME WHERE SHE PROMISED SHE WOULD REST SOME MORE. I WOULD NOT HOLD HER HERE AGAINST HER WILL. THE REASON FOR THE ATTACK IS STILL UNKNOWN AND I WILL CAUTION YOU TO KEEP AN EYE OUT. YOU ARE DISMISSED." Zordon needed to push the conversation away from Kimberly. He respected her too much and did not want to loose the trust that she had in him. He dismissed the rangers so they wouldn't ask any more questions. The truth would be revealed to them in time. But not now.

Author's note: I am glad that you all like my other story Strong Enough…I have not abandoned it I have just been busy with school and work, along with the other things going on in my life right now. I will try to update it as soon as I can. I expect to have the second chapter to this story up within a couple of days. R&R please