Within an hour, Kim and Skull had phoned ahead to let Tommy know that they were on their way and were on the long road to Reefside, riding on Skull's relatively new and shiny motorbike. After giving it some consideration, they both decided against telling Bulk directly that they were going, instead leaving a note for him to find.

Having shared her secret about her previous history as a Power Ranger with her husband, they decided together that it wouldn't be a good idea to reveal any of this to Bulk, just in case he got carried away and told anyone else about it. From Kim's point of view, it was also to avoid him asking any questions – she didn't want him poking into her past. It did occur to her that he might decide to follow them both out there when he eventually found out, but she shrugged it off and continued to enjoy the ride.

Despite the fact that they had left the hotel early in the morning, the sun was starting to set once more by the time they pulled up to Tommy's house. Parking up and dismounting from his trusty metal steed, Skull looked on and whistled, impressed by the sight.

"Not a bad place at all! I know you said he lived in the middle of nowhere, but this really is, y'know, the middle of nowhere!"

Kim had been here before, but she found herself slightly surprised every time she saw this place too. Back in the days when he had fought alongside her and the others as a Ranger, he was outwardly social and held a lot of presence. This house was hidden out of the way and kind of easy to miss if you weren't looking for it. It was hard to imagine this house belonging to the same guy.

She sighed quietly before she replied."I guess he just wanted to make sure no-one found out about all the Ranger stuff he does in here. Still, there's no point in standing around here. Let's go." Looking towards Skull, she smiled warmly. As he returned it, they both looked towards the house and began walking up to it.

As they started to walk up the steps of the decking, Kim suddenly stopped and looked over her shoulder but failed to see anything. Panicking, Skull stopped and looked too, but he couldn't see anything out of place either.

He shifted position slightly so he was a bit closer to her. "What is it Kim?"

Kim didn't immediately answer, her eyes scanning the surroundings carefully. Nothing looked out of place, but something definitely didn't feel right. She could feel a shiver down her spine as she started to reply. "Something's off... It feels like we're being watched or something?" Looking at Skull, she could see he was afraid. "You can feel it too, can't you?"

Nodding slowly, his voice trembled as he replied. Something felt very wrong here."W-we'd better get inside. Hopefully the good Doctor'll b-be able to tell us what's happening here."

Slowly backing up towards the front door, Kim rang the doorbell but there was no answer. Looking at each other nervously, they tried again. Still no answer.

"He knew we were coming, where the heck is he?" Skull wondered aloud as he quickly looked around again, noticing something. "Hey, his Jeep isn't here... Does that mean he's-"

Before he could finish his sentence, they both jumped as they heard the sound of smashing glass above them. Shards of glass rained down onto the drive, followed by a massive banging noise as something landed on the roof above them. Their eyes followed the noise as it moved down the slope before falling off towards the ground. It was a person, someone Kim recognised straight away as he hit the floor.

"Tommy!" she shrieked, running towards him as Skull followed behind her.

Looking up at them, Tommy was a bit dazed but very aware that it was them, signalling with his arms for them not to approach him. "You're in danger, get back!" he yelled, but they were already too close.

Sensing the impending danger, he quickly leapt up and jumped at them, pushing them both to the floor just as a large boulder appeared, seemingly from nowhere, falling right where they had been standing. The ground shook slightly as it impacted against the ground.

As the trio quickly got back up and turned to face the object, they could clearly see it was a huge, rough-edged boulder, at least as tall as they were and equally as wide. Before any of them could say anything, the hardened rock edges started to bubble, causing Kim and Skull to gasp in shock. Tommy remained unmoved, his eyes focusing on it.

As it bubbled, it quickly began to turn green before shrinking down into a puddle of what could only be described as green goo. The bubbling got fiercer before it started to rise again, this time taking a new shape. Within seconds, it had taken a humanoid form, the bright green mass getting darker as it solidified before changing colours to match its new form.

Before them now stood a large suit of ancient looking Samurai armour, complete with a katana and at least 6 foot tall. It looked at the three of them through a mask, but none of them could see eyes or anything to suggest an actual body was behind it. Kimberly could feel Skull trembling intensely at the sight of the monster and she gripped his hand in an attempt to reassure him. Tommy kept his guard up motionlessly, unsure of what to do next.

The towering monstrosity slowly reached for its weapon, sneering at them in what sounded a bit like a metallic-effect voice tone. "Enough of this."

Realising what was about to happen, what was left of Skull's rational thinking completely left him as he fell to the floor from his shaking, yelling for help. With no idea of what she was up against, Kim had no idea what to do. Tommy was also trying to come up with a plan but had been injured from his fall.

It raised the blade, ready to strike them down. "Goodbye, Doctor Oliver!" it yelled as it swung the blade towards them.

Realising that she wouldn't be able to move her husband in time, Kimberly jumped to the floor and dragged him with her whilst Tommy rolled aside out of the way. Just as they did this, a loud horn beeped out of nowhere, distracting the monster and causing it to swing awkwardly, missing all of them with ease as the blade plunged into the decking instead. It hissed angrily at the noise as it looked around to see the source, as did the others.

It was Tommy's Jeep as it thundered towards the house, lights on full beam as the horn beeped again.

At the sight of another unwelcome guest, the powerful monster turned its attention back to Tommy. "You were lucky this time, but soon I will kill you Tommy. And all of your pathetic friends."

With that, the trio watched as it began to bubble and turn back into its goo-like state, but this time it didn't attempt to change again. Instead, it quickly moved away from the house before seemingly disappearing into the ground. By the time the Jeep had pulled up, it was long gone.

As Kim lifted herself up off of the floor, she quickly realised that Skull had passed out from the shock. She stayed near him as she heard Tommy getting up as well, walking over to the edge of the decking to see the driver hopping out of his vehicle.

He smiled. "It's about time you got here."

Looking up, Kim's eyes widened as she realised the identity of the driver. "Isn't that...?"