Disclaimer: I still don't own them. Hmmm, maybe if I sold my soul to the devil? Right where's that number he gave me at my last party?
Author's note: Ok going PG now, it's getting a little more depressing and there is mild language. Knowing me I'll get worse as well :D
Chapter Three
Tommy was uncomfortable, he felt like he was being watch but just shrugged it of as Zedd or Rita checking up on them. He was also hot.
"'cuse me a minute." He said to the others. He got up and quickly pulled his sweater off. Underneath he wore a tank top, which revealed a tattoo on his left shoulder blade. It was a white wolf/dragon creature with a green mane and strip down it's back. It also had white-feathered wings and two horns, one on its forehead and one on its tail. The creature was depicted as climbing his back.
For the first time Kimberly noticed it. As he sat down she touched it gently.
"Where did you get that done?" she asked softly. She was captivated. It looked so violent wild and angry but at the same time noble, powerful and beautiful.
"Yeah" said Jason who had also seen it, " I never noticed that before."
"Huh?" Tommy replied before he was directed to what they were talking about by Kim's touch on his left shoulder. "Oh. Erm, the tattoo?"
"No your head!!!" quipped Jason.
"Ha ha very funny!" he replied as sarcastically as the original comment.
Tommy lost eye contact with the dark haired young man opposite him and stared into his soda as he stirred it with his straw suddenly lost in the past.
"Tom...?"
"..I got done when I was at the cabin. Ya know, when I was between powers?" He looked up. Jason nodded noticing the sudden sadness in the young mans eyes.
"It was after... after ... you know"
"Tommy...I..."
"It's okay Jase. I was depressed. I was down at the docks, the one where Dragonzord use to rise, hoping to see if I could catch a glimpse of it or that it would rise up from that waters, stupid I know," he smiled briefly, "There was a parlour there and this design was in the window. It just sort of called out.
I got it done coz I felt so numb. I wanted to feel something even if it was pain."
"Tommy I'm sorry." said his girlfriend quietly.
"It's okay Kim," he shrugged brightening up, " I'm okay now"
A short silence followed as they though got lost in their thoughts of what had been said.
When Tommy had lost the Green Ranger powers he had entered a realm of deep depression. He felt useless, a liability, more of a danger to Angle Grove than a protector.
To get away he had gone to his Uncle's cabin by the lake. It was a holiday home to his uncle Jon Rush and his daughter Charlotte or Charlie, as most people knew her, who was Tommy's cousin.
REWRITE!!!
Jon had been best friends with Tommy's adopted father John Oliver. It was through this friendship John met Sarah Rush, Jon's sister and his future wife.
Jon's wife Anna unfortunately died in a boating accident when Tommy and Charlie were seven. They had been close before that but after became practically inseparable and stayed that way until Tommy and his family moved to Angle Grove and they stayed amazingly close even if in different states.
If Tommy had not been adopted you could have sworn they were twins. They looked very similar with the same facial dimensions, caramel eyes and long brown hair. They also shared the height gene and shared the same birthday.
It had been at this time of depression Charlie spent most of the time at the cabin trying to get him to talk, him refusing.
In the second week of Tommy's month at the cabin, just as he was beginning to relax a little, get use to not having his powers, not being able to help, things to a turn for the worst.
Where Tommy had a love for Martial Arts, Charlie had a love for water sports water sports even after her mother's tragic accident. Her pride and joy was her scuba kit.
She was using her gear in the lake while Tommy watched, he hadn't much liked water or boats since Anna had died, the only boat you'd get him in was a small open top row boat which you could get out of easily. This didn't mean he was a weak swimmer; on the contrary he was a very strong swimmer to make sure he wouldn't drown his worst fear.
While under the water Charlie got caught in some junk that had been left after people had illegally dumped junk in the lake, nothing toxic just random crap. Seeing she was in trouble Tommy went to help and found her respirator tube had been severed and she had been caught up in an old mass of metal. He tried to resuscitate her but she died in his arms.
Two weeks later Tommy had become the White Ranger and it wasn't just because he had impressed Zordon. The family kept Charlie's death quiet to the public and it was six months before Tommy let any thing out to his friends and this was only by chance that this happened.
He had been signed up to chaperone an art trip with some of the other younger kids at AG High to the Angle Grove Memorial Cemetery with the other rangers. The cemetery was the oldest in town and was home to many ornate and beautiful tombs. It was here that both the Oliver and Rush family crypts were found seeing as both families originated from Angel Grove.
The Rush's tomb was beautiful. It consisted of two angels intertwined on a plinth on which the family members names were engraved. At the feet of the angels was a sealed urn in a glass compartment. Even though she had wanted to be cremated Charlie had wanted her ashes to stay with her family.
Tommy had just been walking through the cemetery with some of the kids. They noticed the two angels. For some reason it didn't click with Tommy what it was. Only when he got there did it hit him. The emotion he'd been fighting to control surged through him full fledge. He couldn't stop it. Seeing Charlie's name on the plinth wrenched every thing into reality.
His legs buckled beneath him as tears poured down his face. Kim saw him collapse to the ground as she turned to the sound of one of the kids calling to a teacher for help. It was at that moment as Tommy was lead, nearly carried away for the scene, that the rangers realised that the Charlotte Rush on the news several months ago had been Charlie Rush, Tommy's cousin.
"Oh crap!" Jason's voice broke the silence.
"What's up bro?"
"Err.. Hellllllllllo! The kids festival?"
Tommy looked at his watch, "Shit we're gonna be late!"
"Not of we get moving," said Kim jumping up and hurrying out of the restaurant, "Come on."
"You're not carrying the bags!" the two boys called after her as they grabbed the pile of bags and boxes. They left their bill on the table.
"Come again" said Adele as to walking piles of shopping rushed past her.
For their table Miss Applebee smiled.
"He's not ready yet." Stated her companion.
"No, he's not. But I expect he'll not be much training. His martial arts training and being a ranger will have taught him a lot of the disciplines."
The man nodded his agreement.
Author's note: Ok going PG now, it's getting a little more depressing and there is mild language. Knowing me I'll get worse as well :D
Chapter Three
Tommy was uncomfortable, he felt like he was being watch but just shrugged it of as Zedd or Rita checking up on them. He was also hot.
"'cuse me a minute." He said to the others. He got up and quickly pulled his sweater off. Underneath he wore a tank top, which revealed a tattoo on his left shoulder blade. It was a white wolf/dragon creature with a green mane and strip down it's back. It also had white-feathered wings and two horns, one on its forehead and one on its tail. The creature was depicted as climbing his back.
For the first time Kimberly noticed it. As he sat down she touched it gently.
"Where did you get that done?" she asked softly. She was captivated. It looked so violent wild and angry but at the same time noble, powerful and beautiful.
"Yeah" said Jason who had also seen it, " I never noticed that before."
"Huh?" Tommy replied before he was directed to what they were talking about by Kim's touch on his left shoulder. "Oh. Erm, the tattoo?"
"No your head!!!" quipped Jason.
"Ha ha very funny!" he replied as sarcastically as the original comment.
Tommy lost eye contact with the dark haired young man opposite him and stared into his soda as he stirred it with his straw suddenly lost in the past.
"Tom...?"
"..I got done when I was at the cabin. Ya know, when I was between powers?" He looked up. Jason nodded noticing the sudden sadness in the young mans eyes.
"It was after... after ... you know"
"Tommy...I..."
"It's okay Jase. I was depressed. I was down at the docks, the one where Dragonzord use to rise, hoping to see if I could catch a glimpse of it or that it would rise up from that waters, stupid I know," he smiled briefly, "There was a parlour there and this design was in the window. It just sort of called out.
I got it done coz I felt so numb. I wanted to feel something even if it was pain."
"Tommy I'm sorry." said his girlfriend quietly.
"It's okay Kim," he shrugged brightening up, " I'm okay now"
A short silence followed as they though got lost in their thoughts of what had been said.
When Tommy had lost the Green Ranger powers he had entered a realm of deep depression. He felt useless, a liability, more of a danger to Angle Grove than a protector.
To get away he had gone to his Uncle's cabin by the lake. It was a holiday home to his uncle Jon Rush and his daughter Charlotte or Charlie, as most people knew her, who was Tommy's cousin.
REWRITE!!!
Jon had been best friends with Tommy's adopted father John Oliver. It was through this friendship John met Sarah Rush, Jon's sister and his future wife.
Jon's wife Anna unfortunately died in a boating accident when Tommy and Charlie were seven. They had been close before that but after became practically inseparable and stayed that way until Tommy and his family moved to Angle Grove and they stayed amazingly close even if in different states.
If Tommy had not been adopted you could have sworn they were twins. They looked very similar with the same facial dimensions, caramel eyes and long brown hair. They also shared the height gene and shared the same birthday.
It had been at this time of depression Charlie spent most of the time at the cabin trying to get him to talk, him refusing.
In the second week of Tommy's month at the cabin, just as he was beginning to relax a little, get use to not having his powers, not being able to help, things to a turn for the worst.
Where Tommy had a love for Martial Arts, Charlie had a love for water sports water sports even after her mother's tragic accident. Her pride and joy was her scuba kit.
She was using her gear in the lake while Tommy watched, he hadn't much liked water or boats since Anna had died, the only boat you'd get him in was a small open top row boat which you could get out of easily. This didn't mean he was a weak swimmer; on the contrary he was a very strong swimmer to make sure he wouldn't drown his worst fear.
While under the water Charlie got caught in some junk that had been left after people had illegally dumped junk in the lake, nothing toxic just random crap. Seeing she was in trouble Tommy went to help and found her respirator tube had been severed and she had been caught up in an old mass of metal. He tried to resuscitate her but she died in his arms.
Two weeks later Tommy had become the White Ranger and it wasn't just because he had impressed Zordon. The family kept Charlie's death quiet to the public and it was six months before Tommy let any thing out to his friends and this was only by chance that this happened.
He had been signed up to chaperone an art trip with some of the other younger kids at AG High to the Angle Grove Memorial Cemetery with the other rangers. The cemetery was the oldest in town and was home to many ornate and beautiful tombs. It was here that both the Oliver and Rush family crypts were found seeing as both families originated from Angel Grove.
The Rush's tomb was beautiful. It consisted of two angels intertwined on a plinth on which the family members names were engraved. At the feet of the angels was a sealed urn in a glass compartment. Even though she had wanted to be cremated Charlie had wanted her ashes to stay with her family.
Tommy had just been walking through the cemetery with some of the kids. They noticed the two angels. For some reason it didn't click with Tommy what it was. Only when he got there did it hit him. The emotion he'd been fighting to control surged through him full fledge. He couldn't stop it. Seeing Charlie's name on the plinth wrenched every thing into reality.
His legs buckled beneath him as tears poured down his face. Kim saw him collapse to the ground as she turned to the sound of one of the kids calling to a teacher for help. It was at that moment as Tommy was lead, nearly carried away for the scene, that the rangers realised that the Charlotte Rush on the news several months ago had been Charlie Rush, Tommy's cousin.
"Oh crap!" Jason's voice broke the silence.
"What's up bro?"
"Err.. Hellllllllllo! The kids festival?"
Tommy looked at his watch, "Shit we're gonna be late!"
"Not of we get moving," said Kim jumping up and hurrying out of the restaurant, "Come on."
"You're not carrying the bags!" the two boys called after her as they grabbed the pile of bags and boxes. They left their bill on the table.
"Come again" said Adele as to walking piles of shopping rushed past her.
For their table Miss Applebee smiled.
"He's not ready yet." Stated her companion.
"No, he's not. But I expect he'll not be much training. His martial arts training and being a ranger will have taught him a lot of the disciplines."
The man nodded his agreement.