Kimberly landed on the ground with a painful thud, and turned around to face Goldar. "Oh…is little Pink Ranger mad?" Goldar taunted. Kimberly got up and even though her mask was on still, she was clearly glaring at him. "I bet you are wondering why I kidnapped you huh?" he said, walking closer to Kim, brandishing his sword. He swiped towards Kim, and she dodged out of the way. "Well Zordon got us a bit of a gymnast," Goldar snickered.

"So which of these new rangers did you manage to capture?" A woman's voice came in and Goldar turned to face Rita.

"The Pink Ranger," Goldar informed her.

"Well…always go for the weaker ones don't you?" Rita sighed rolling her eyes at Goldar.

"Could have grabbed the Blue Ranger, but he is even weaker than her," Goldar said snickering. "At least Pinky over here is into gymnastics, and is fairly good at it," Rita walked towards Kimberly staff in hand, and lightening shot out it, and Kim barely dodged out of the way.

"Pretty good reflexes…" Rita said, as she looked towards Kim. "Oh well, little miss Pink over there can be bait, kill two birds with one stone," Rita sighed, "but we can have a little fun while we are at it. Goldar, let her play with the putties in here…" Rita smiled evilly and walked out. Goldar also walked out as well, as groups of putties entered the area. Kimberly eyes widened as the putties grew in numbers. Seeing a fist heading towards her, Kim ducked and grabbed the putty's arm and tossing it onto it's back. She felt a putty's hands on her arms, and she threw her head back, the helmet hitting the putty full on in the face, instantly dropping its arms from her. She kicked its stomach, and flipped over some of the other putties, but she knew that she couldn't keep them at bay for much longer.

Meanwhile the other rangers had been teleported back to the command center. "What do you mean you can't get a lock on Kimberly?" Jason asked angrily.

"I'm sorry Jason…ay yi yi yi," Alpha said. "I can only get her on the viewing globe over there, but I can't do much else I'm afraid," Alpha said in a sad voice. Jason sighed angrily, if only he went with Kimberly to help Trini get the rest of the civilians, Kim would be back here safe and sound. Jason turned around and saw Kimberly in a green tinted room, filled with putties, and she was valiantly fighting them off, but she was starting to tire. Trini turned back to Zordon.

"Look…isn't there anything we can do for her…like teleporting one of us to her instead?" Trini asked him. "I mean…we could teleport ourselves out as soon as we grab Kim couldn't we?" Billy walked towards the controls where Alpha was and examined them. Zordon mused for a moment, knowing Rita would allow them to transport in, but not out, at least not for a while.

"It would be a trap, Rita would allow you to come in, but she wouldn't let you out," Zordon said to them.

"Well we can't just leave her there!" Jason rebutted.

"She isn't going to be able to hold them off for much longer," Zack said.

"I think I can break through Rita's shield to let Kim out," Billy said going at the controls. "With Alpha's help of course,"

"Ok…while you do that, teleport me down to Kim so I can help her," Jason said to Zordon. Jason couldn't stand seeing Kimberly fighting that much, especially seeing her tire out. "I am not letting her fight them all by herself,"

"Well ok," Alpha said, and after hitting a couple buttons Jason teleported to where Kim was. A putty kicked her to the wall, and instantly she was demorphed. Jason knocked all the other putties away from her and gently helped him Kim up.

"Come one Kimberly, stay with me," Jason said, shaking her gently. Jason threw his fist out at incoming Putty and went back to trying to wake up Kimberly. "Come on Kim," Kim opened up her eyes and saw Jason. Jason helped Kim to her feet and started to pull her away from the putties.

"Jason…thank god you are here," Kim said, grabbing a hold of his arm.

"We just have to wait until Billy and Alpha can teleport us out of here," Jason told her ducking them behind a corner. "I think we'll be ok here," Jason said to her, and she instantly wrapped her arms around him. Jason looked at Kimberly's scared face, and he slowly pulled her closer to him. Even though he wanted nothing more than just to hold Kim, he knew that they couldn't hide here forever. Jason pulled away and took a gloved hand with hers, leading her towards an opposite side of the room.

"I think I can morph again," Kim said in a soft voice.

"Kimberly are you sure?" Jason asked her. She nodded and grabbed her morpher. "Pterodactyl," she whispered and she was back to being a Power Ranger.

"Well…I guess Rita was right, one of you were stupid enough to come after the little gymnast," Goldar's voice appeared out of nowhere. Jason turned around and landed a backhand on Goldar, and instantly started to fight him. Kimberly jumped over Goldar and landed a kick on his back. Just as they were about to really fight, a bright flash of red and pink surrounded Kimberly and Jason and they were instantly teleported back to the command center. Jason took off his helmet and looked towards Kimberly who was doing the same. She flashed him a grateful smile and walked over to Billy and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks for getting us back," she told Billy with a smile. Trini pulled Kim in for a hug, as did Zack. Zordon stayed silent as the teens welcomed back Kimberly. Kimberly walked over towards Jason, and pulled him in for hug. "Thanks for coming to my rescue," she whispered in his ear, and Jason wrapped his arms around her, bringing her closer. Jason didn't say anything as he held her close to him. Still he hasn't even told her how he felt about her, even though it would be a perfect moment to do it. Kimberly pulled away a little and looked at Jason, and saw the love wanting to break out of him in his eyes. Kim gave him a smile, but didn't want to embarrass him in front of their friends. Zordon's voice popped out as he slowly interrupted the moment.

"Now…this gift that has been bestowed on you…you do have a choice. I won't stop you from leaving, so…" Zordon said in a calm voice.

"I'll stay," Billy said smiling. Trini smiled as well, "Same here,"

"Definitely," Zack said. Jason and Kimberly stayed silent for a little while. Jason did want to stay, and be able to help people like he had today, but what if something like Kimberly getting kidnapped happened again? They may not be as lucky this next time if something like that happened.

Kimberly nodded her head, and turned to Jason. "Yeah…" Jason said with a smile. Zordon's face looked visibly relieved and he smiled at them, and they looked like they would be more willing to try and train for the evil to come. His previous generation of rangers were well spirited and more than able to push their potential higher…but even they were eventually brought down, but not before the leader of the group had managed to trap Rita in that dumpster.

"This is great ay yi yi yi," Alpha said happily.

A couple days later

The rangers had accepted their duties and responsibilities as rangers, and had managed to balance life while they were at it. Jason, Zack, and Trini continued to help Billy with marital arts, even though since they gained the power coins, they had managed to learn the basics just from the power coins themselves. Jason at the mean time was taking a break and just watched Kimberly as she practiced her gymnastics, and Zack once again rolled his eyes at him. Kim was single still and clearly waiting for Jason to make the first move. Zack walked over to Kim as she nimbly landed on her feet. "Hey Zack," Kim said, grabbing a towel.

"Hey Kim," he said.

"What's up?" she asked, wiping the sweat from her face.

"Jason is what's up," Zack said to her in a low voice.

"What's wrong with Jason?" Kim asked.

"He is being a dolt, that's what's wrong," Zack said. Kim's face looked relieved, but she looked at him strangely.

"Uh…what'd he do?" Kim asked.

"Not ask you out yet duh," Zack said in an obvious voice. Kimberly sighed, shaking her head. "You'd better not deny you like him, because one oblivious friend at a time is enough," Zack said rolling his eyes.

"I am not denying it," Kim said, and Zack sighed.

"Then maybe you should make the first move then," Zack told her. "Sick of seeing him pine over you and then not do anything about it," Zack said. Kimberly sighed, and rolled her shoulders back.

"Um…I'll talk to him, after I get changed," Kimberly said, heading towards the locker room. She changed into her clothes and walked over to Jason. "Hey Jase," Kim said, and flashed him a smile.

"Hey Kimberly," he sad, and he gave her a tiny grin. "What's up?" he asked her. Kimberly sat down next to him, and Ernie gave her a smoothie.

"Thanks Ern!" she called out, and turned back to Jason. "Um…" Kim suddenly had no idea what to say to him.

"You ok Kim?" he asked her, putting a hand on her shoulder. Kim suddenly leaned into him, and he wrapped his arm around her. "Hey what's wrong?" he whispered gently.

"Can…we go talk somewhere else?" Kim asked him.

"Yeah…of course," and they walked towards the exit.

"Jason…"

"Yeah?" he asked her. Suddenly Kim wrapped her arms around his neck, and put her lips on top of his. He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed back. After a moment they pulled away.

"Got tired of waiting for you to make the first move," Kim murmured against his lips, with a smile. Jason let out a chuckle.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting," Jason apologized. "Forgive me?" he asked, giving her a loving kiss on the lips.

"Of course," Kim said after they pulled away. She stayed in his arms, glad that Jason and her were finally making something of their feelings.

Moon

Rita sighed and stomped around her castle, she was bored and there was no way to wreck havoc in any way. She looked down at Earth, and all she saw was love and the such. It was disgusting her, and she looked down at the Hart's residence, and saw the Pink Ranger's parents bickering amongst themselves. "Finally, something interesting," Rita, sighed. An idea hit her, and she let out a cackle. "FINSTER!" she screamed. Finster immediately rushed in, and bowed down to her.

"Yes my queen," he said.

"You know the drill by now," Rita said shaking him up. "Create a putty patrol to attack Pinkie's parents, while I make do with their anger," She said grabbing her staff, and started to make the parents angrier at each other.

In front of Ernie's Juice Bar

Kim and Jason walked back in and Zack smiled seeing them hand in hand. "It's about time," Billy said, also looking in at them. Trini let out a laugh, finally glad to see Kim happy once again. Kimberly had been hiding her depression, and she knew that a divorce could be coming for her.

Just as the group began to head for the bar to get drinks, their communicators beeped. They stopped short and headed to a secluded area of the youth center.

"We read you Zordon," Jason said, raising the communicator to his lips.

"Rangers. Rita's putty patrollers are attacking Kimberly's parents. You must transport there and stop them," Zordon's voice said through the small device.

"What? You have got to be kidding me!" Kim groaned. As if her parents didn't have enough problems to deal with right now. Without a word, the five disappeared, rematerializing in front of Kim's house. Kim opened up her front door, and had to duck when a putty's fist came flying at her face. Jason pulled Kim out of the way, and launched the putty across the room. "Mom, Dad!" Kim yelled.

Kimberly kicked out at another putty that was getting nearer to her mom. "God this all your father's fault!" she shouted at Kim.

"What are you talking about?" Kim asked, throwing a punch at incoming putty.

"Don't and try and turn our daughter against us!" Mr. Hart said.

"Mom, Dad will you please stop fighting?" Kim shouted at them. It was like they were oblivious to everything around them.

"Kim look out!" Zack yelled and jumped over the kitchen table to take out a putty. Suddenly Kim's parents glowed bright red and then it dissipated. Instantly they collapsed to the floor. Jason and Billy rushed forward just in time to catch them. As they moved to place them on the couch in the next room, the putties disappeared in a flash.

"That was really weird," Trini remarked.

"Some how I don't think it's over," Kim said, looking nervously out the front window. Trini could sense the fear in her friend's voice.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Look. What is that thing?" Kim answered, pointing to a large red and black monster storming around the front yard.

Up on the moon Rita was cackling happily. She'd managed to take Kim's parents' anger and turn it into a Rage Monster.