Disclaimer: All Power Rangers characters belong to Disney. Everyone else, unless otherwise mentioned, belongs to me.
Author's Notes: This is the first chapter of the sequel to "Viva Las Vegas". The name of the chapter is "A Call From Phaedos", and it picks off right where "Viva Las Vegas" ends. This is the introduction chapter, setting up the plot for the story. "Return To Action" is going to be more action oriented with more plot twists for our favorite rangers. I hope you guys enjoy it. As always reviews are appreciated.
Also thanks to KSuzie for giving me some ideas for the plot. I'd been looking for an action story to do with the Vegas plot and she got me started on this one.

Power Rangers
"Return To Action"

Kim and Tommy stood in his command center. Tommy was staring at her, waiting for her to say to answer the message. She couldn't believe that Dulcea was contacting her there. Thinking about it she could believe it, it was just kind of unexpected.

"Do you want me to put her through?" Tommy asked still waiting for his fiance to respond

"Yeah, of course, put her through." Kim said stepping in front of the small communications panel Tommy had set up

She watched as the black screen dissolved and Dulcea's face came through. She stood in warrior stance with Phaedos as her backdrop, holding the tiny communications orb in her hands. "Kimberly." she spoke as she saw the image of the former ranger

"Dulcea." Kim greeted nodding at the master warrior in front of her. "What's going on?"

"Cerlina has returned." Dulcea spoke quickly. She watched as Kim stiffened then she continued. "She's trying to get to the temple. I need you to return immediately."

It didn't seem fair. Kim's life was perfect and now this. But she wasn't going to ignore the life that had been chosen for her. She owed Dulcea, not to mention she had unfinished business with Cerlina. "I'll be there soon." she promised

Dulcea simply nodded as she ended the transmission. As the screen faded back to black, Tommy turned toward the woman he thought he knew. "Kim?" he questioned. She turned toward him and her brown eyes softened from the concerned look she had while speaking with Dulcea. "What's going on?"

Kim sighed. There was a lot to tell Tommy. There was a lot she hadn't told him before, mainly because she was told not to tell anyone. The risk of other's knowing who she is was too great. She wanted to live her life peacefully on Earth unless she was needed. And now she was needed.

"I'm sorry Tommy." she apologized. "But Dulcea needs me."

"That part I kind of understood." Tommy said reaching out and grabbing her hands with his and pulling her close. "I don't understand why Dulcea needs you." he said emphasizing the you

Kim pulled away from Tommy's grasp and turned her back on him for a moment, letting out a long sigh. She was afraid that he wouldn't understand, afraid that she wasn't meant to have love in this lifetime.

She closed her eyes and turned back to Tommy, opening them once more. "What I haven't told you, what I haven't been able to tell you, is that I spent five years of my life training with Dulcea on Phaedos."

Tommy was stunned by her words. "That's impossible. You were on Earth. I know for a fact that you were here, you've been in the public eye."

"Noone here knows. Dulcea brought me to Phaedos for five years and I returned to Earth two hours after I left. It was the dead of the night, I wasn't gone long enough for anyone to miss me." she explained

"Why would Dulcea pick you?" Tommy questioned. Not that Kim wasn't a good ranger, it just didn't seem to make sense to him, why the master warrior of Phaedos would want the former pink ranger.

"I'm not the same Kim you dated. I've changed. My time on Muiranthias in Maligore's pit changed me." Kim spoke. At the time she didn't realize that her time spent in the pit would alter her life so much. Lerigot had purged her of all evil from her time in the pit but he couldn't undo the changes to her DNA.

Noone knew about it, not even Jason. As far as she could tell he hadn't felt the burden of the effects on his DNA. Only Kim was the chosen one, the one meant for great things in this universe.

"What are you talking about? Lerigot reversed the effects of Maligore's pit." Tommy was quick to point out. At least he thought he did. Even Zordon and Alpha confirmed that they were back to normal.

"Not all of them. He couldn't undo the changes to my DNA. Zordon knew, but he couldn't say anything to anyone. When the time came I was to learn of my destiny and go through my training. I wasn't allowed to tell anyone because it was important that noone knew who I was until the time was right." Kim tried to explain to Tommy hoping he'd understand

Tommy was surprised and hurt among other things. He wished that he had heard of this before now, that she would have said something. He let out a long sigh before he asked the next question. "What is your destiny?"

"I was trained to be a master warrior. I am supposed to use my powers, my training, to be a guardian of the universe, to keep the balance between good and evil. It was too risky to tell anyone until they thought I was ready to be called into action. People's lives would be at stake if my secret was revealed. I hope you can forgive me for not telling you." Kim said briefly making eye contact with him before shifting her glance toward the ground

Tommy snorted. "This coming from the woman making jokes about us being geriatric rangers." he spoke the first thing that came to his mind

"I haven't aged since I completed my training. I have a greater purpose to accomplish, a meaning in life. I don't know when I will complete my path, serve my purpose, but once I do I'll age the last fifty years of my life and pass away just like I would've had I not been made a master warrior and a guardian." Kim explained

"Not just like you would. I thought we would have kids and grow old together and watch our grandkids grow up, now you're saying that's not going to happen." Tommy said feeling as though his dreams of the future were being shattered

"I'm frozen at age twenty-eight. I can still do everything a twenty-eight year old woman can, like have kids. I just won't be able to grow old with you. I'm sorry Tommy. I still love you and want to be with you if you'll let me." Kim said tears forming in her eyes

As a ranger Tommy knew that if both Zordon and Dulcea said something was to be kept from everyone you loved, then you had to keep it a secret like it or not. He understood that part, but it was still a lot to take in. The woman he wanted to marry wouldn't grow old with him. Instead she would be doing double duty as one of the guardians of the universe, one of the people picked out by the powers that be to devote their time in life to keeping the universe balanced. They would spend their whole lives fighting the good fight.

Part of him was jealous. He thought he was being trained for great things. He'd love to have an opportunity such as Kim's. Although he wasn't completely sure his own tenure with the rangers was finished and he was anxious to see what destiny still had in store for him.

He sighed as he spoke to Kim. "So this thing with Cerlina, what is that?"

"Cerlina was there when I was training with Dulcea." Kim started her explanation before taking a deep breath. "She was supposed to be training to be a master warrior as well. Dulcea spent more time with me, as I had far more important duties than just being a master warrior that Cerlina wasn't aware of. She hated the fact that the girl she thought off as nothing more than a snotty Earthling had become Dulcea's right hand."

Tommy nodded and Kim continued. "She spent two and a half years there with us and the anger built up. Finally she exploded and went after me. We fought, I won, and she took off after that swearing her revenge on us. From what I've heard she turned evil and continued her training. It's been years and noone has heard from her until now."

"So you have to go to Phaedos to stop Cerlina from attacking and taking over the temple?" Tommy questioned as the pieces of the puzzle were starting to fall together

"Yes I have to get up there quickly and help." Kim replied

Tommy stood and looked at Kim sternly. "I want to go with you. I've got a lot of ranger experience, I can help."

"Tommy this is my fight you don't need to go." Kim said giving him somewhat of a smile

"You're going to be my wife. And as my wife your fight is my fight." Tommy assured her

Tommy's words were enough to make Kim feel like everything was going to be alright. He still loved her and wanted to marry her. He wanted to stand by her side during her battles. Although this was Kim's fight, Tommy may prove helpful as he is a master ranger. "Ok." Kim said simply smiling at him and holding out her hands. "Are you ready to go?"

Tommy nodded and took her hands in his. "Hang on tight." she said. The duo glowed in a soft purple light and then they were gone.