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Letters and Broken Hearts

Last time:

"Oh my –"

Kimberly Hart fell to her knees sobbing.

Tommy Oliver bound into the Youth Center, greeting his team mates and friends as he went.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

Everyone exchanged big greetings with their brave leader.

"Tommy! I've got a letter that was sent here for you." Ernie, the owner of the Angel Grove Youth Center called to him.

"Oh, okay awesome!" Tommy ran up to the counter wondering silently to himself why a letter was sent to the Youth Center for him.

"It's from Kim!" Tommy exclaimed to the room. He ripped it open and silently read it to himself with everyone watching him avidly and waiting for news. His face lost all color, shock rippling throughout his body.

"Oh my god... I…I-I need to…go." Tears suddenly sprung into his dark eyes. He turned and stopped. Memories of Kim slammed into him all at once:

The couple sharing their first kiss at "their lake", sneaking a little Tommy/Kim time between classes in an empty hallway, the long talks together after making love for the first time during Christmas, bearing their souls to each other. She was the only one who knew him, the real him. The sharp pain of the letter pierced his heart and he felt it breaking into a million pieces. Anger rippled through him and he punched the wall with all of his force. The stunned crowd gasped. Tommy ran out of the youth center. Shocked silence remained in the once joyful room.

"This cannot be good." Kat stated. The rest of the team agreed silently, still shaken with this outburst of their leader.

"Come on." Rocky said and he chased after Tommy with the rest of the team behind him.

Pan Globes Training Center, Miami, Florida

"Kim! Come on in after you finish that set!"

"Ok, Coach!" Kim finished up and ran over to grab a drink and see her coach.

"Hey, how'd I look?" Kim asked.

"You did alright but you looked distracted. What's goin' on? Last couple days, you just haven't been yourself."

Kimberly had been very distracted lately. She was very busy with the Pan Globes but then just a few days ago she got the shock of her life.

Flashback

Kim had been getting ill in the mornings and sometimes during the day. She also often felt moody and weak during practices and it was harder for her to do her longer sets. She naturally brushed it off claiming it to be working too hard and not eating well. She couldn't shake the nagging question that plagued her at nights when missing Tommy and Angel Grove, 'What if I'm pregnant?'.

She and Tommy had made love when she was home for Christmas break. The thought scared her and, again, she brushed it off saying it was ridiculous. But the thought never left her mind and it only got worse. Kim finally broke down and got a pregnancy test. She tried to sit down and take it but she couldn't.

Kim called Trini and Aisha, her two best friends who had been Power Rangers with her as the Yellow Rangers at their respective times. As soon as Kim told them what was happening, they flew in immediately. The next day, Kim went to the airport to pick them up. Kim squealed with joy when she saw them. They rushed together for a group hug, a overwhelming feeling of relief to feel the comfort of the power grid in their hug came over all of them.

"Thank you girls so much for coming out." Kim told them. "Jeez, we always seem to be getting together on bad circumstances, you know..."

"Aww, sweetie, everything will be fine!" Aisha consoled her. "Tommy will totally understand. He's responsible and caring and loves you to pieces! Besides, he knew this could happen."

"And if you are pregnant," Trini added. Kim gave her a look. "I said if you are and Tommy doesn't help, we'll beat him up." Kim laughed but immediately quieted up. She looked down and shifted back and forth. She had pushed away the real reason they were here.

She didn't want to believe it. She, Kimberly Ann Hart could not be pregnant. What had she ever done to deserve this?

"I'm scared." Kim said in a whisper. "What if–"

"Kim, listen to me," Trini interrupted. "We don't even know if you are or not. Let's get out of here and figure this out, huh?" Kim nodded and pulled her best friends back in for another hug.

The yellow's collected their luggage and the three friends left the airport and headed to Kim's white Volkswagen beetle with pink stripes on the sides of it.

"Nice." Aisha commented "You never can get rid of your color, can you?" Kim laughed.

"I see your doing a good job of it." She mentioned to her outfit of a yellow and black striped fitted shirt with black pants. Aisha looked down at her outfit then Trini's who wore a yellow collared shirt and white pants and they shared a look. The girls all laughed.

"So, do you have a test?" Trini asked.

"Yeah," Kim sighed. "It's hidden in the bottom of my drawer in my socks because if anyone finds it, I'm so kicked off the team." She emitted a nervous chuckle. Trini supportively rubbed her shoulder.

The girls caught up on the rest of the way back to the Kim's apartment.

(A:N: We're still in the Flashback. Its just–)

2 Hours Later

"Ok, now or never." Aisha bravely stated but was nervous herself. They had waited the allotted time given on the pregnancy test. Kim took a big breath and reached for the test. She closed her eyes and flipped it over.

"Oh my–"

"Pink" Aisha gasped. (A:N: How ironic...)

Kim fell to the ground, sobbing. Trini went to console her.

"Kim... listen, everything will be fine." Trini tried to console her but was shaken enough herself. "Aisha, call the crew."

"No! I don't want everyone to know just yet. This isn't a monster that we can destroy. Call Jason," Kim sobbed.

"But Tommy–"

"Not yet." Kim turned and stared hard into their eyes. "I can't. I won't ruin his dreams. I care about him too much to do to him what I've done to myself. The Pan Globes? Gone. I can't compete pregnant! Tommy has a whole other life in Angel Grove. Without me. He's got the Rangers and karate and a wonderful future. He can't fly to Miami to take care of me and a baby! I can't do it… I can't do this to him."

"Kim–"Aisha tried to reason.

"Just tell Jase to come to Miami. Don't tell him about me. Just tell him to come. Please." Kim grabbed some Kleenex and tried to fix the mess of mascara running down her face. Aisha sighed and went to call Jason and Trini gave Kim a quick hug and went to fix a place for Jason to sleep. Once alone, Kim sat on the bathroom floor trying to figure out what was coming over her. If this had happened while she was in California, Tommy would be the one taking the pregnancy test with her, holding her hand. He would've been the one she wanted to turn to. Now, she was scared, a big old coward. Tears again running down her face, she leaned back against the wall, bracing herself for this hell of a ride.

'It will be okay,' She told herself, sobbing again. 'It will all be okay.'

End Flashback

"-Just haven't been yourself," Her coach continued to rant. "Hart? Hart! What's the matter with you?" Kim's coach was staring at her, bewildered with her lack of focus.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I just, um..." Kim sighed. "Listen, I need to talk to you." Her coach nodded and took her into her office.

"Mail Call!" The mail lady came in with letters for the Pan Globe contestants and began to read off names. "Kimberly Hart?"

"Your WHAT!? Who and when, Hart?" Her coach exclaimed. Everyone in the room froze, very uncomfortable about overhearing the private conversation. "Wait, I don't want to know. Hart, I'm sorry but I can't have you on the team like this. Pack your bags; you're off the team."

Kim silently realized that when she walked out, everyone had heard the outburst.

"Um, excuse me, Miss Hart? Uh, letter for you." The mail lady sheepishly said.

"Thank you" Kim mumbled. She then grabbed her stuff, said a few goodbyes to her friends and headed for her car to go home to her friends. Jason had arrived a few days ago and was prepared to kill Tommy for impregnating his "little sister." (A:N: Mini Flashback, the flashback ends at the end of the paragraph.)

"I'm gonna kill him! I knew that you two were getting too close." Jason ranted as Kim, Trini, and Aisha sat on the couch watching him pace. "I'm gonna kill you too, Kim!" Kim shook her head, trying to hold back laughter. "No, seriously, I am! Mostly, for letting him do– that. Jesus... AND I'm gonna kill you for not telling him! He needs to know what I'm gonna kill him for!" They all started laughing except for Jason who was still pissed and pacing.

Kim got in her car ready to start crying again. She seemed to have an endless supply of tears handy lately. She never liked the coach they had assigned to her for the Globes. She was a wonderful athlete but a horrible person to have to answer to. Kim, in all the excitement, almost forgot that there was a letter in her shaking hands. Looking at the letter, she realized it was from Tommy. Half-excited and half-fearful, she tore it open. With shaking hands, she began to read it.

Tears began to fill her already saddened eyes.

I'm sorry to have to do this by letter rather than in person but I was afraid to see or hear you again. I will always be your teammate and friend.

I'm sorry.

-Tommy

Kimberly started sobbing as she called Jason.

"Jase?" She sobbed into the phone. "I-I need you."

Much Love,

Luthi