A/N: I don't own anything. This is a collaboration between me and Jelsi4Life. This story takes place during Dino Thunder and tweaks the history a little. Be prepared for some twists and turns along the way and I hope that you enjoy this first chapter.
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"Mommy, tell me the poem again." Kim's daughter asked while bouncing on her bed. Kim looked at her daughter and smiled. She was only four but she already so much like her father.
"Okay but you have to promise to go to bed." Kim said as she sat down on the bed next to her daughter.
"Okay, I will." She said as Kim tucked her in again. They went through this every night.
"Here goes." Kim said as she looked into her daughter's eyes.
A White Falcon wait
He is the winged lord of the skies
He waits for his mate
But his mate is late
She is his Pink Princess
This mate of his
He struggles to live again
But still he waits
For his mate
She is not a falcon, no
She is his Pink Crane
The other half to his soul
And someday when they met again
They will take to the sky
For intertwined they were
And will be again
The Falcon and his Crane
Kim finished the poem and glanced down at her daughter. She smiled when she saw that she was fast asleep. Kim kissed her forehead and got up. She walked out the door and thought about Tommy like she always did when she said their poem.
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Nine Years Later
It's just a picture of a girl and a guy. Tommy thought as he sorted through his junk. He looked at the picture he had put to the side. It was his favorite picture. He was in white and the beautiful girl beside him was in pink. She had her hair pulled back and held in place with a clip. He still missed her sometimes like today for instance. He had just moved into his room on Mercer Island. He looked out over the ocean and thought of her once again. Every time he saw the ocean he thought of her. He looked back at the photo and thought of the letter she had sent him. It had ripped his world apart then but then he thought of the Kim he knew. The letter was not her something must've happened. He planned to find out what it was when he got off this island. It had taken a long time for him to get to this point. He had help from Jason and Trini. They had kept him informed on her. She was living back on the West Coast but he was on this island in the middle of the Pacific. He would be back though. He looked around and decided that the rest of his unpacking could wait. He took one last glance at the photo and walked outside. He spent about an hour just exploring the compound. He came back in his room to find his picture gone. He realized that he had left his window open. He rubbed his hand over his face and knew that he would never find that picture. He was mad at himself for losing one of the only pictures that he had kept of him and Kim. He knew that he would have to get another one. He knew that Trini had a copy since she was the one that had taken the picture.
The only thing that he didn't realized was that someone had taken his picture. They had realized that the great Tommy Oliver had only one weakness and that was Kimberly Anne Hart.
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It was only a picture but it was the key to Tommy's undoing. This girl was the one that he needed to fight against Tommy and to help him achieve his dream of world domination. He knew that he had to learn more on Tommy first then he would take her and turn her to his side. She would be the ultimate fighting machine against the Great Tommy Oliver. He couldn't wait to get his hands on this Kimberly Anne Hart.
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6 Months Later
"Jason, I need to tell him. I sense that something is wrong." Kim said quietly. She didn't want to upset her daughter who was in the kitchen. She wanted to tell her who her dad was but she wanted to tell Tommy first. He had a right to know that he had a daughter.
"Yea you need to tell him and what makes you feel that something is wrong." Jason asked as he walked into the kitchen with his phone. He had called Kim to remind her that she was going to tell Tommy this week. She had promised him.
"I don't know and I will tell him. I love you." She said as she hung up the phone. She knew that she had to write that letter today or she would never do it. She got a pen and several sheets of paper and sat the kitchen table with her precious baby and began to write but the words just didn't come to her. She looked up at her daughter and seen Tommy in her. She gave a sad smile because she wasn't sure that she could ever tell Tommy about his daughter. She knew that Tommy would be a great father if given the chance. She just wanted a normal life for her and her daughter.
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"Jason, are you sure that it's okay with Kim?" Trini asked him. They were on their way to Kim's. He wanted to make sure that she wrote that letter and this was the only way he knew to do it.
"I have to make sure that she writes that letter." He said as he turned onto her street. He saw her house started to relax. He finally pulled into her drive and got out. He waited for Trini and they walked up to the door. He knocked on it and smiled as his niece answered the door.
"Hey Sweetpea, where's your mom?" He asked and paused when he noticed that there were tears in her eyes.
"I don't know. One minute she was there and the next she was gone. I thought I saw something that looked like a dinosaur. He took my mom!" She screamed as she ran to her bedroom. Trini was right behind her while Jason headed to the phone. He had several calls to make. He didn't doubt that she had seen someone take Kim. She was always captured. This time was different though. She wasn't a just a former ranger she was a mother to a thirteen year old. He carried the phone over to the table and noticed that there were some papers on the table. He glanced down as he dialed Rocky's number. He saw that it was Kim's start to Tommy's letter. All that was written on the paper was Dear Tommy. He hung up the phone and rubbed his face. He sat down at the table and the reality of his sister being gone hit him hard. He heard Trini came back down the hall. He wiped the tears from his eyes because he knew that he had to be strong for Trini and Kim's daughter.
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I can't believe this. First I have to get my files before they are destroyed then I need to get off this island. He was running through the building while sparks and debris flying around his head. He ducked through another hall just to find that it was blocked out. He turned around to head another way. He finally got to his office to retrieve his files. He grabbed them and ran. He ran for as long as he could. He finally made it out just to discover that he was surrounded by the tyranndrones that he had created. With years of practice as a ranger he easily defeated them but it had taken him some time. He looked back to the building that had been his home for the last six months and just shook his head. He turned back so that he could find a way off this island and found none just then there was an explosion behind him which threw him the rest of the way off the cliff that he was nearing. He landed in the water with his files. He looked back at the island and discovered that there was a small boat tied along the shore line. He swam to it and climbed in. He knew that he didn't want to be on any more digs. He had only a few more weeks until he got is doctorate then he would do something else. He thought about being a teacher. As he found an oar, he thought back to high school and a certain Pink Ranger. She had wanted to be an English teacher and a gymnastics coach. He knew that she should be almost there. They hadn't stayed in touch after Murthanis. He wished that they had but they had separate lives to live. He had wanted to be closer than they had ever been even in high school. He thought about how many times he had picked up the phone to call her only to put it down before he pushed the last digit. He thought about his new hometown in Reefside. He had brought a house there that he saw them in. He had taken one look at the house and knew that it was the house that he wanted to grow in. Hayley had laughed at him when he told her. She told him to just ask Kim out and get it over with. He had been working toward that very goal. Everyone else had given him their blessings in his quest for Kim's heart once more. Kat had even phoned in to tell him to go for it. He was surprised over that one but they had broken up before Kim had come back with Jason for a visit. He smiled as he continued to row. He knew that there was another island close but he didn't actually know how far. He hoped that he reached it before nightfall. He looked at the sky and knew that he had several more hours of daylight left so he better made good use of it. He continued on his way as his mind wandered back to Kim. He smiled as he rowed. He would see her again and then he would take her to his house that he had brought them.
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Trini was worried about Kim's daughter. The longer that they went without any news on Kim the less she remembered. It was like her memories were being sucked from her. Trini didn't know what to make of it but Trini quit asking her because she would get upset. She left her in her room and walked out to where Jason was at.
"Hey how are you?" She asked as she walked up behind him. She rubbed his shoulders as he hung his head.
"I just don't know what to do. She's my little sister and we don't even have to first place to look for her." He said as covered her hands with his. She pulled back and sat down beside him at the table.
"Jason, I'm also worried about her. She is forgetting about Kim with each minute that passes. It's like to she has a spell over her." She said as she looked Jason in the eye. She saw the worry and fear in his eyes.
"A spell?" He said in a whisper.
"I'm not sure that it is a spell but it acts like one but since Rita and Zedd are no longer in the picture I doubt that it's a spell." She said trying to reassure him to calm some of his fears.
"Maybe it's a good thing that she forgets. We may never know what's happen to Kim. She needs a shot at a good life and memories of her mom's capture may hold her back." He said. Trini looked at him and nodded. She knew that this was the only way and that it would hurt him more not to talk about Kim but if that was what he wanted she would do it. She thought of the little girl down the hall and almost cried because if they never found Kim, she would never know her father. They wouldn't tell her because it was Kim's secret to tell not hers or Jason's. She took a deep breath and prayed for any news on Kim.
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Hayley just stared at the news report. She couldn't believe it that Mercer Island had exploded. Tom was on that island. She prayed that he would be alright. He was her best friend and he needed to come back.
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2 years and 11 months later
"Why are we moving to Reefside? I mean I like the school here." She whined from her room. She had almost had it packed. She was only lacking the guitar in the corner. She loved playing it because it calmed her. Whenever she played it she had flashes of images of some woman. She didn't know who the woman was but she kept that to herself. She knew that Aunt Trini would be upset and think that she was going insane.
"I think that you will like it there." Trini told her as she stepped into the room. She looked at the almost empty room and smiled. She held her smile until she seen the guitar in the corner. She looked at her and then smiled a sad smile. She wanted to tell her that her mom had played that same guitar. She didn't though because she didn't remember her mom anymore. It made Jason and Trini sad to know that she didn't remember Kim.
"I'm not sure that I will." She said as she taped up another box. She looked over her room to make sure that she had left anything.
"Reefside it like Angel Grove and Uncle Jason has found a place to open his own dojo there. This is a great opportunity for all of us." Trini said as she looked at her. The real reason was that Jason couldn't take it anymore in Angel Grove and to be truthful she couldn't take it either. This open place was a blessing for all three of them.
"I know and I will try to be happy for Uncle Jason and try to like my new school." She said stacked her boxes next to her door.
"Sweetpea, one day you will know why." Trini said as she walked out of the room. She knew that this move was right at this time. Jason had decided to change her last name to Ford because every time they said Hart around her, she would cry. They tried to talk to her but then Jason decided that nothing would help. He made his decision for all of them.
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Present time
Kira was sitting in the back when her teacher came in. Kira was shocked that a teacher would look like her. She had short black hair and the coolest rock t-shirt. Actually most of the teachers were laid back in their dress. It was just her English teacher was actually in a t-shirt and jeans. It was casual Friday. Kira thought as her teacher began to speak.
"Okay class I want to read a poem to you." The English teacher said to her class. She looked out over the room and smiled. She knew that the class always hated poetry month but she always started it with her favorite poem. She didn't know where the poem came from but it was always with her.
A White Falcon waits
He is the winged lord of the skies
He waits for his mate
But his mate is late
She is his Pink Princess
This mate of his
He struggles to live again
But still he waits
For his mate
She is not a falcon, no
She is his Pink Crane
The other half to his soul
And someday when they met again
They will take to the sky
For intertwined they were
And will be again
The Falcon and his Crane
Kira listened to the poem. The words tugged at her memory but she couldn't place where she had heard it before. She got flashes of a beautiful woman dressed in pink fighting along side this man dressed in white. She kind of looked like her teacher but it was all wrong and the guy looked a whole lot like Dr. O but that couldn't be either. She shrugged it off and continued to listen to the rest of class. She would think about it later. It might come to her then. She had been getting these flashes more and more of this woman and now apparently there is this guy with her now.
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"You know I used to play the guitar. It has been forever since I picked even a little. I had one just like that." Kira's English teacher said next to her.
"You scared me but you really played the guitar. You don't seem the type." Kira said as Principal Randall came up behind them. Her English teacher walked off to join the other teachers for lunch.
"Ms. Ford, you can join the new teacher in detention today." The principal said as she came up behind her. She jumped when she spoke. She knew that this was a different school but didn't they need a reason to punish her.
"Why?" She asked as she lowered the guitar. She had picked it up to play a little. She always did this at her old school.
"There is no playing guitar during lunch break. Don't worry you will have plenty of company since the star soccer player will be there as well. You will go to Dr. Oliver's classroom. He has the honor of hosting detention this week. See that you make it there on time." The principal said as she walked away. She was so mad at Uncle Jase and Aunt Trini. They made her move here where she had no friends and apparently playing the guitar is against the rules. She hated it here but at least she had something to look forward too besides going home and fighting with Uncle Jason and Aunt Trini. She always fought with them. She would be back in her room so that she could work on the new song that had come to her during lunch.
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"Dr. Oliver, how has your first day been?" Principal Randall asked from behind him. He jumped at the sound of his boss' voice.
"It's been okay. I'm still settling in." Tommy said as he erased the black board from his last class. He was ready for his last class. He could work on unpacking the boxes that his parents had sent him from Angel Grove.
"Well I know how much you want to fit in so you get the first week of detention. You have a few students joining you today." She said as he leaned in the doorway. She was smiling because she didn't have to watch over the brats this week.
"Okay who will be there?" He asked as he closed his eyes. He did not want detention duty this week or any week. He was not looking forward to this afternoon.
"Let's see Connor McKnight, Kira Ford, Krista Jones, and Ethan James. I will make sure that they show up." She said as she walked back down the hallway. Tommy leaned out the door and shook his head. He knew that he had a date with several teenagers this afternoon. He rubbed his face and sighed.
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"Dr. Oliver, I'm sorry about that. I wasn't watching where I was going." The new English teacher said as she bent down to pick up her papers. Tommy bent down to help her as well. He wasn't sorry that he bumped into her. She was the only woman here that was beautiful and under the age of 50 and that wasn't man-hungry like Principal Randall. He had wanted to talk to her all day. He was also interested in her clothes. She unlike every other teacher here was in jeans and a concert t-shirt.
"That's okay, where are you headed in a hurry?" He asked as he handed her the rest of her papers. He looked her in the eyes and forgot how to breathe. She was even more beautiful up close. She reminded him so much of Kim when they were in high school with the same doe brown eyes like Kim.
"Thanks, and I don't want to be roped into detention today so I was trying to avoid Principal Randall." She said with a smile.
"Well I don't think that you have to worry about that today. I'm on duty this week." He said with a smile. They stood up and she waved bye to him. He thought he heard her say that he was handsome. He hadn't heard that word from a woman in a long time. He chose to ignore it when others said it but there was something about this woman who reminded him of Kim so much. He even thought of her as beautiful a word that he had only associated with Kim.
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Tommy stood at the front of the classroom as Connor, Kira, Ethan, and Krista filed in. He knew that they didn't want to be there anymore than he did. He also needed to check out the new museum in town. Then the idea came to him, take the kids with him to the museum. He could do it as long as they didn't mind.
"Okay I know that none of you want to be here and I also need to be somewhere. So we are going on a road trip." He said as the kids looked at him. He knew that besides him there was only one other teacher that actually liked the students. She was an English teacher and the gymnastics coach. When he had seen her earlier he had thought that it was Kim but the hair was wrong. Kim's hair was a beautiful chestnut whereas this woman's was black and shorter than Kim had ever worn hers.
"Where are we going?" Connor asked as everyone else just sat there. They didn't believe for one minute that a teacher was taking them somewhere.
"The new museum in town and I need one of you to drive. My jeep will only hold three of you." He said as he grabbed his keys and headed for the door.
"I'll drive." Connor said from the back of the room. In fact everyone was spread out. They were not friends.
"Okay problem solved. Let's go." Tommy said as the kids stood up and filed out behind him. He walked over to his Jeep and got in. Krista and Ethan got in with him as Kira road with Connor. He pulled out of the parking lot and headed to the outskirts of town with Connor following close behind in his truck.
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Mesogogg's latest henchmen walked into the room. He looked over at her and smiled. She was the perfect weapon against Dr. Tommy Oliver. She could fight him and stay with him through all of his moves.
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What did everyone think? Please let me know. I hope all of you stayed tuned for the mayhem that awaits in the upcoming chapters. The next chapter should be out soon.