Author's Note: This is what I like to consider a missing scene from the Power Rangers Zeo episode "King for a Day Part 2." We get that powerful scene where Kat helps Tommy to fight Gasket's brainwashing, but then there is no real follow up. If you don't like Tommy/Kat, then please leave this short fic because I absolutely love Tommy/Kat and I feel like so much more could have been done with them on the show. Therefore, I want to write the scene we should have seen but did not see. Tommy had to have felt bad about hurting his friends and especially about almost hitting Kat and pointing a blaster at her face, but this is never addressed. The show hints at Tommy's and Kat's strong love, but the show did not go as far as it could have. This fic probably won't be too good because it's been a while since I wrote everything, but I really want to write the Tommy/Kat scene that should have happened after Kat helped saved Tommy but before we saw them being happy together on the beach with Jason at the end of "King for a Day Part 2."
Note: Anything in italics are inner thoughts not spoken out loud.
Tommy was walking silently by himself through the park, thinking about all the recent events. First, he had been kidnapped by Gasket (why did the villains like doing that to him so much?). Then, Gasket had used some sort of device to wipe all of Tommy's memories so that he could fill Tommy's mind with lies. Tommy had been lost, confused, and scared when he had woken up in the arena, and it had been easy (too easy) for Gasket to convince Tommy that the Power Rangers were evil and needed to be destroyed.
And Tommy had been determined to destroy the Power Rangers, every single one.
Even Jason, his best friend, his brother in everything but blood.
Even Katherine, the woman that loved him with all her heart, the woman that loved him more than she loved herself.
Tommy remembered everything that Kat had done for him after he had received that letter from Kimberly. Kat had done everything that she could to try to make Tommy happy. All she had cared about was trying to make Tommy happy.
Tommy had still loved Kim even after the letter. A part of him still loved her and would always love her, but Tommy could not deny the connection between him and Kat.
Rita was a huge reason behind that connection.
Rita had bought Tommy to the Power Rangers by casting a spell on Tommy and making him her evil Green Ranger. Fortunately, Jason had been able to save Tommy by breaking the spell.
Then, Rita had bought Kat to the Power Rangers by casting a spell on Kat.
So many similarities between Tommy and Kat but also so many differences.
Tommy had not been strong enough to fight against Rita's evil. He would have still been evil if not for Jason and the other Power Rangers.
Kat, however, had broken free of Rita's spell by herself. All by herself. Without any help.
Kat was so sweet and gentle that someone that didn't know her very well might see her as nothing more than a beautiful, delicate flower.
While Kat was definitely beautiful, she was far from being delicate. She was anything but delicate.
Tommy could not help but admire Kat's willpower and strength of mind. He also admired her compassion and kindness, of course, but her strong will deserved respect. A lot of respect.
Tommy, on the other hand, had always been weak. He had not tried to fight against Rita's spell like Kat had. He had believed Gasket's lies with little persuasion. He had been ready to kill his friends.
He had been ready to kill Katherine.
Fortunately, Kat's compassion and her strength of mind had once again saved the day. She had been scared when Tommy had almost hit her and when Tommy had pointed his blaster at her, but she never backed down from him. Kat had confronted Tommy. Kat had spoken gently but firmly to Tommy. Kat had hugged Tommy with all her love and with all her devotion.
Kat had saved Tommy's soul.
Tommy was not worthy of someone like Katherine. So sweet. So kind. So strong. So brave.
Everything that he was not.
"Tommy," came Kat's sweet, gentle voice from behind him.
Tommy spun around and found himself face to face with Kat.
She was so beautiful with her blond hair falling perfectly around her angelic face.
And her body looked good in that pink dress that she was wearing. Real good.
"I just wanted to check on how you were doing," Kat said.
"I'm fine," Tommy replied. "But what about you? And the others? I was ready to kill you, Kat. Even after you have always been there for me. Even after you have supported me."
"But you had forgotten all that," Kat insisted. "You didn't know what you were doing."
"I believed Gasket way too easily," Tommy responded. "I trusted him, Kat, trusted him with all my heart. And I didn't even know who he was. I just took his words as the truth like a fool."
"It wasn't your fault, Tommy," Kat said firmly. "You didn't remember anything. You were probably scared. It's human nature to turn to any source of comfort that we receive. Even if that source of comfort in your case was Gasket."
How is she able to read my mind so well and so easily? How is she able to understand what I was feeling and what I was thinking at that time? She had not even been there.
"It still doesn't change the fact that I almost killed all of you," Tommy gasped. "I was about ready to hit you, Kat, to strike you down hard."
"But you stopped yourself," Kat smiled. "Even Gasket could not make you completely forget all that you believe in, and a part of you believed in me. A part of you remembered me and everything that we had been through together."
"I still can't forgive myself," Tommy cried.
"I understand," Kat replied. "I know exactly what you're feeling. I still haven't forgiven myself for hurting you and the others while I served Rita. I nearly killed Kimberly."
Kat took a deep breath after her last statement. Kim was a tense subject for both of them. Kim had been Tommy's first love, and Kat knew that Tommy still loved her. Despite the letter, Kat had never heard Tommy speak ill of Kim. In fact, Tommy had chosen to blame himself. Tommy believed that he had not loved Kim enough.
Tommy had loved Kim more than enough. He had been willing to sacrifice his life for her. Kim had been everything to Tommy.
Will I ever mean that much to him?
Kat suddenly felt dirty. A part of her was still jealous of Kim and what Kim had with Tommy.
Tommy would probably insist that Kat was still feeling side-effects from Rita's spell, but Kat knew better.
Kat loved Tommy, but she was afraid that Tommy didn't love her.
"But you broke free of Rita's spell," Tommy spoke, interrupting Kat's thoughts. "All by yourself. Without any help. I was too weak to do the same."
"You are anything but weak, Tommy," Kat said. "You have always stopped yourself before you did any real damage."
"I would have killed Jason when I was serving Rita if Billy had not been able to teleport him out of Rita's dark dimension," Tommy shot back.
"And Kimberly could have suffered permanent damage because of everything that I had done to her," Kat responded.
Why can't I get over Kimberly? Why does she make me feel so jealous? So insecure?
"Are we going to start talking about who was more evil and who did more damage?" Tommy couldn't help but smile.
It was so nice to have someone to talk to who completely understood him. Kim had been kind and compassionate towards Tommy after he had been freed from Rita's control, but she had never truly understood him.
Kim could never understand Tommy like Kat could.
Tommy and Kat had both been used. And even though everyone else insisted that nothing they had done had been their fault, Tommy and Kat both still felt guilty.
"How about we both agree that we have a dark side that we don't like to acknowledge?" Kat told Tommy.
I definitely don't like to acknowledge that a part of me still hates Kimberly. If only Tommy was able to love me as much as he had loved her. As much as he still loves her.
"I guess there are some demons that we will never be able to lay to rest," Tommy said.
That's truer than you could ever know.
"Then, I guess it's a good thing that we have each other," Kat spoke before thinking.
Why did I just say that? There is no way that he could care about me at the same level that I care about him. He still loves Kimberly.
"I mean," Kat continued, "we both know what it feels like to be controlled by evil." She hoped that Tommy was not able to tell how nervous and awkward she felt.
"I can't express enough to you, Kat, how nice it is to have someone who I can talk to about things like this," Tommy responded.
What does he mean by that? Does he mean that he thinks of me as a really good friend? Or does he think of me as more than just a friend?
Kat suddenly wanted to tell Tommy about all her insecurities and about her jealously of Kimberly, but she couldn't. It was still too soon. Tommy was still dealing with his inner demons, and Kat wanted to be there to support him.
And even if Tommy didn't love her, Kat was convinced that Tommy would support her whenever she was finally ready to share all her inner demons. Tommy, after all, was a very supportive person. He was always willing to place others before himself.
But Kimberly was a totally different matter.
"Are you all right, Kat?" Tommy suddenly asked. "You don't look well."
How is he able to read me so easily?
"I'm fine, Tommy," Kat replied, knowing very well that she sounded exactly like Tommy had when she had asked him earlier if he was all right.
Tommy looked hard at Kat for a moment.
There is something that she is not telling me. But I won't push her. I don't want to make her feel uncomfortable or awkward. Besides, I know she will tell me when she is ready.
"Thank you for being here for me, Kat," Tommy said. "I don't know what I would do without you. You truly are a special person."
That's as close as "I love you" that I'm going to get, but it will do for now. At least I know that Tommy cares about me.
Tommy hated to see Kat looking so sad. She was too good of a person for that.
I wish I could take away all her pain like she takes away my pain. I wish I could be there for her like she has always been there for me.
Tommy suddenly wrapped his arms around Kat, held her tight to him, and buried his face in her shoulder. It reminded Kat a lot of when they had danced together.
"I know we don't have any music this time around," Tommy smiled with a twinkle in his eye, "but would you like to dance with me, Kat?"
"Of course, Tommy," Kat smiled.
Kat closed her eyes in contentment as she and Tommy held each other close and gently danced to the sound of silent music.