The White Falcon and the Pink Crane
Disclaimers: I own nothing of the characters or the show which belong to Haim Saban and Disney. The story-line belongs to me, everything else belongs to Saban and the Disney company.
With this chapter the trio head for home as it becomes apparent to the rest of the team that the duo are not fighting the spell as things get started. Though this chapter is a real tear jerker when they're talking about it so keep a box of tissues close by while reading it.
And the nine develop their bonds deeper as things start getting worse from here regarding the spell, before the Gold Ranger comes into the picture and she meets Tommy's older brother that weekend then.
Sorry about the rewrite, but this story needed several revisements here as we reach the last 25% of that truth the Ninjetti are getting ready to tell their parents. But from here, Justin and the seven never choose sides they choose both sides as she starts coming home more often to see them.
But this portion of the story series is going to last from the letter to when they tell their parents the truth and the fallo out, before the quartet choose their replacements after that. But the Turbo team in this story is Tommy, Kimberly, Adam, Rocky and Tanya. While they get doubled teamed with with a stronger power advancement flow in the Zeo crystals and the rest of the duo's original team are the Zeos.
But from here this is a what if now
Chapter 3: The Letter Arrives And Group Meetings
"Your relationship is a soulmate connection Ptera, we were right when Zedd showed up, that's why he was obsessed with you. So what brought that remark right now, if you're getting overly protective, since we are your boys still?" Zack asked and they nodded. "Yup, and with that though I just saved our relationship, I couldn't prevent yours from that, and unfortunately this couldn't have come at worse time now, Zack, but that's it."
"That's what I meant by that remark, it's not him that's suffering or about to suffer a broken heart, it's you. As to why exactly, but just as I sent that letter out, Curt caught Angela cheating on you with some jock now that you're out of sight. She's cheating on you with Jacob Barnes." She said and they nodded. "She was cheating on me?" Zack repeated in shock and she nodded sadly as she answered him as she said it gentl then.
"Yeah Zack, I'm sorry, though I wasn't there physically, I made sure that we stil caught her red handed now, and before she sent a real one to you. But not only is she moving out of town, but she's cheating on you with Barnes, but I told the seven. That once she got to words, 'go all the way' to end the tape recording and bust her right then. Because if she's the catalyst for our team nearly being wiped out and Draco coming back."
"And it's on her head, but still it worked in my favor, Billy caught her red handed and I just ensured that you don't find out second hand. Or through Curt, before I tell you my news, because I didn't want this wrecking our friendship. If you got the scrambled information from one of the guys, instead of straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak." she said and he nodded as he sighed as he looked at her and took her hands.
"Well nothing is getting between us, I made a promise and I'm keeping it now, I don't know if he, whichever one became my primary, imprinted on you. But it's the first two now, best friend and sibling bond, you're still my entire world. You always were right now Kimmy, I don't give a damn where she's concerned, you matter more to me." he said to her gently, smiling as she pressed her forehead to his and he closed his eyes at that.
"God I missed you guys." she said and gave him a hug and she leaned her head against his and heard a loud purring at the response at that. "Okay well my primary has been chosen for me, I'm an oversized cat now." he said and she started laughing at that. "Darren if that's you, pull yourself together here, and I love you too brother." she said as Tommy and Jason tried to keep from laughing at the response as Jason answered that.
"Like an oversized house cat right now, if Daniel has that response when she's hugging your father, my father is saying the same thing here." he said as he started laughing as Zack smacked him across the shoulder in response before he smacked him back and it started going back and forth and she, Trini and Billy exchanged bemused smiles. "Just like old times huh, Kim?" she asked and Kim nodded as she tried to hide a chuckle.
Till she said it with a bemused look. "Yeah, like old times, but this is getting ridiculous, I don't believe this, we're barely back together for 15 minutes. And already you're going at it guys, alright guys break it up right now." she said, before they saw six flashes and turned to see their original uniforms all out of their tubes. As the black and red start started going at it, as she looked at her trio, before her uniform did the same to their's.
And Jason smiled. "He started it." he said in response to that gently and in response his uniform pointed at Zack's, before Zack smiled. "No he did" he said and his uniform pointed at Jason's in response and she shook her head. "I don't care who started it, I'm ending it and keep it up and you're getting blown through that wall." she said as her uniform looked between them at that and the girls started laughing at the reaction.
As Aisha said it through her laughter. "Oh my god, was that remark really necessary here Kim?" she asked as the trio tried to get their laughter under control at her remark as Tommy and Billy exchanged smiles at that remark. "They possessed our uniforms and are imitating us in this of the blame game right now. And again try that twice, and you're both going to get it, now break it up guys." she said as her uniform looked at the duo.
"And to answer your question right now, Sha' unfortunately yes, because when they started going at it like this half the time. That it results in someone getting knocked over in the pool or lake if we're there, but these guys are always like this when we're together. Growing up together as a quintet it's the result of me and Trini doing what you and I do regarding Rocky and Tommy when we're at the lake and they're fooling around like this."
"But last year's scene when the guys were going at it, Rocky knocked me over and this happened as he got blasted two yards out in the lake and had to swim back. And this happened at least fifteen times prior to that right now and it always seems to be Zack that gets it for starting it every time. But to this gently in movie metaphors now, but do you remember the two of the seven remaining elm street kids, Kincaid and Kristen."
"In behind the scenes here, there was a deeper bond between them, then they showed, that if they added it to the storyline as Kincaid baited her to the point. That she was ready to beat the crap out of him herself, and for annoying her after she told him to cool it?" she asked and the trio nodded as Trini started laughing as she finished that remark. "Well that's these two all over girls, the five of us had been been a gang so long now."
"That Billy and I were used to this when they started going at it, but if this was anyone, Billy was Will Stanton, me: Taryn White, her: Kristen, Zack: Kincaid and Jason happened to be Joey, but when the guys start something she's got to break it up. Till finally she got caught in the middle and her nickname took on a whole new meaning. As it caused a explosion in the lake after she threw him into it." she said and they nodded to her then.
"And that's not a metaphor she's serious, the explosion got the attention of everyone at the lake as I told her take it down several notches. And before someone gets caught in the side effects." Jason said through his laughter and they nodded. "After the Primator is a good one and that gorilla costume is going to far you wiseacre, so try that twice. And I will Zack, so you want to get cooked like that you're going about it the right way."
"So do that again and you're getting blasted, brother." Kim said said in response with a bemused smile on her face at that. And he nodded to her as the sextet and Tommy tried to get their laughter under control at that as Tommy said it with a smile. "Darren shifted positions with Manny evidently bro, well that explains the purring right now. Darren is your primary Zack." he said and Zack smiled at the news at that as he said it.
"Heart of a Lion, and I am a lion, strong, courageous and true. Our pride is the eleven of us now." Zack said smiling and he nodded to that as Jason answered that grinning as he gave Tommy and Billy a brotherly hug with a smile then. "Are you guys always like this with each other?" Tanya asked through her laughter and they nodded. "Unfortunately yes and when they start going at it I got to break it up." she said and the duo nodded to her.
"The five of us had been together since we were four actually, so leaving when we were fourteen it hit all of us hard at the time now." Zack said and as she hugged him tightly then and he tightened his arms around her. "But that explains this one, this was us after Tommy returned to the team for his second tenure." Kim said and the duo looked at the picture of her on side of Trini and Zack on the other with Billy right behind her then.
"The Lion, T-Rex, Sabertooth Tiger, Crane, Falcon and Wolf, well that's our original sextet, and you guys are the Ninjetti Six and that is the Crane, Bear, Wolf, Ape, Frog and Falcon." he said and then sighed as he said it. "Worst time for a letter like this to be sent is the understatement of the century, though with that in mind man. Zack, why the heck didn't you put that relationship on hold before we left two years ago."
"Because if I know the duo, that is if they didn't partner up with our current enemies, though they drove them off, its a repeater. They're going to use this to destroy us, if we misread that letter and don't see the lies." Jason said to him and he looked at him. "Alright before we start griping at each other, what's going on in our love lives is considered private, now cool it." Trini said to him and he nodded in agreement to that.
"Yeah well so is the reason we decided to put ours on hold. But the team is just as much my concern as he is, I wrote it to keep us together. There is no we or us in this situation, it's him and me. Nothing is going to change for you guys, I promise. I needed a second opinion, so I came to see Zordon today. Though our parents are next, but before I left for Miami I was dropping in on your adult versions, you guys at the time."
"Brandon was my legal guardian, because mom chosen Janet as my godmother, knowing they were going to suggest this anyway. But I'm coming to see you guys more often, but we're better off with our communicator links to each other. And at the moment, we need this to keep us together." she said looking at the rest of their childhood quintet. "You took our parents opinions without needing to think twice about it, before you told us."
"So you called our parents, before you told us Ptera?" Trini repeated and she nodded. "Yeah and I changed my nickname as well, I'm the Crane now guys, Billy is going by Wolfman or Werewolf with us now. But the powers went from Dino, to thunderzords, to Ninjetti, this is the third manifestation of our original colors now. But Rocky has the updated version to your color, Jason, he's the beta, you're the alpha still."
"But Rex, Flyboy, Tigergirl and Leo now, that's us two with you four, okay, and secondary version is the six of us now. But two versions of the very same colors, we have to work it out." she said and they nodded to that. "Well that definitely helps, alright you over grown chimp, start something and you're getting the pillow aimed at your head next." Aisha said looking at Rocky and she started laughing laughing at that and nodded, smiling.
"Whoa what the heck happened around here exactly, and why are you guys dressed like this exactly?" Zack asked, looking at the boys shirts colors then. "With the return of the Machine Empire we needed a more powerful upgrade and the girls left the team Zack, it's just the four of us now and Billy is our technical advisor and team medic, though at this rate if shes coming back to see us that stops the spasming in our bonds." Tommy said and they nodded.
"As for reason number two is this is the fourth time in four years they destroyed the command center, so we moved further down and renamed it the command chamber, but that explains why our uniforms are on the wall over there, because when on the job I'm checking in with the guys and Zordon now. though I'm working out ways to ensure we get to see each other without abusing the powers and that should help out a bit."
"I know about this, because Kat has been keeping me updated, she's my best friend, pink to pink." she said and Kat smiled at the title then. "I didn't realize that we grew that close since you broke me out of that spell Crane." she said and Kim nodded. "We did, Billy was right when he told you that, I've been doing gymnastics since we were six years old, the seven foot balance beam when you're seven is dangerous enough, especially when you were at the level I was at." She said and Rocky looked at her with a haunted look on his face.
"Please don't bring that up, it was close then and we don't need that memory, because you scared the hell out of us." He said and Billy, Adam and Tommy nodded in agreement, as did Aisha and Kat with a sigh. "Thats the understatement of the century here, Kim if you're working over time, we got to do what you did before, in between training take rest breaks, and don't over do it any more, will you please." Billy added and she nodded to him.
"But with us out of sight you and Tanya are taking care of the quartet, but you guys and the two of us, we're the Ninjetti, till the quartet take their places at our side as rest of our pack. Zack, Jase, Trini, before you ask what the seven of us are debating here, i suggest you ask me or Aisha, let alone Kat, because this memory is one the boys never want to remember for obvious reasons here." she said and they nodded as she sighed gently.
"At the moment it's just temporary, we're getting back together as soon as I get home. Zordon, reactivate our original power coins and the Arsenal, though we, Aisha, Billy, Trini, Zack and I can't fight monsters, we can fight the cogs, and if we got someone, who's a ranger, just like the quintet, dressed in the same way, but looking like Tommy did in the beginning, gold armor, that's our window of opportunity and he's needing help we give it, it's part of my coding in the letter, 'Brother'." she added and Jason grinned as he got it.
"Gold armor is the symbol of the equally powerful ranger in powers to the red, she's right that's our window, I'm just getting a change in color though I'm colored in gold armor. Bring me home as soon as possible, yeah okay. Well if we're a few weeks till I come home now, alright if I'm right in the first three lines, 'Met someone else', there is no one else, it's just a new guy friend or surrogate big brother, but you're not dating anyone out there."
"Friend', you were friends first, before you became a couple and of us, Billy, you were here for their entire relationship while the duo and I were for the entire eighteen months of it, 'Brother', get me involved as soon as possible. I'm coming home to give you a hand, if we got company, our kind of company, getting involved Tommy, you're my equal and like you returned this way. I need my partner back at my side now." Jason said and he smiled.
"Yeah well if the said company offers us a way to bring you home, you're the first person I call that way bro, best friend, team partner, we're equal in powers and with those words, the powers just shifted directions." he said to him. "Tommy, you and Jason need to lead together like you always did before. Rocky Beta, Adam Secondary Beta. Altogether, keep in mind the dangers, 'he's' hanging on the wall never forget that, we can't let him go back on a rampage, because if he gets his hands on the dagger it starts all over again." she said and they all looked at the uniform then.
"I thought he was in the past!" Trini said and she shook her head. "That's a clone, he's still inside him, he gets captured or you get angry enough to explode, they're going to know they're plans to destroy us just activated. But these two are determined to destroy us. Our original team is the target and with us four years in training and powers, it's going to be even worse than our original encounter." she said and they nodded to that.
Before she could answer the eleven's secondary colors flashed in response as they went white and dark cherry red, followed by a light red, pink, yellow, black, silver, blue, purple, orange and gold and they looked at each other. "What was that?" Zack asked and she smiled. "Our new color designation Zack, alright guys flash us in our colors so I know for sure, who's dressed in what if we keep the team together, and once we retire this upgrade and the next." she called out and in response she glowed pink.
Billy started glowing in blue, Kat in purple, Tanya in gold, Trini in orange, Tommy in white Jason in a dark cherry red, Aisha in yellow, Adam in black, Zack in Silver and Rocky in a light Red. "Okay so we're still the Ninjetti Six the six of us are still in the colors we were before. So boys you better double your colors, Adam black and green tomorrow, Rocky, red and blue, Tommy red and white, and your colors are now being chosen for you, but you three."
"While Jason is in his original shade of red and the one Tommy is dressed in now. Zack, Trini, Jason, your animals are probably your original ones though I need to go into counsel with the quintet to learn that, but for some reason I'm acting as a conduit for our animals now." she said and he nodded. "You're our omega Kim, that's why you're able to talk to us and can control us so easily, you knew and know me on sight when they cloned my human, before we became Ninjetti at the time."
"As a pack, though Tommy is our new alpha, we got two now, Jason and Tommy are our two alphas, you're our omega and Rocky is our Beta. Our ranks are as follows though: Alpha, Alpha's First, Omega, Beta, Alpha's third, fourth, secondary Beta, Fifth, Sixth, secondary, third and fourth now. But the youngest of the pack activates next year." she heard and Billy nodded to that.
"Well that answered that question, thanks Dame." he said and sighed. "We better call it, because if I know Rita, she's waiting till the side effects hit us, before she makes her move on us. The team she's trying to eliminate is us. The Dino ranger team, but it would take a lot more than Zedd and Rita to break up this team." Tommy said and they nodded in agreement to that. "That's an understatement here." Jason said and the quartet smiled in agreement.
"Yeah nothing is going to break us up, no matter what they do, but that letter is meant to prevent that, remember what our parents taught us though?" Kim asked and he nodded. "Alright Tommy contact me when you get home, because I made a promise and I'm keeping it, but our parents said, before doing anything talk to them or just another adult regarding letters like this, when is that letter arriving exactly?" he asked and she explained that.
"In three days, though if Curt calls you, before my letter arrives that could be a problem." she said and he nodded as they exchanged hugs. "See ya later Zordon." they said together and they teleported out in a rush of red, blue, yellow, green, black and pink back to his house that night as the nine separated, after they left Alpha turned to him. "What are we going to do Zordon?" Alpha asked and he answered with a sigh, his Rangers were the best of friends, but this was either going to destroy his team or protect it, he just had to see.
"I do not know yet Alpha, but if I know anything this is going to put some strain on the team when the truth get out, then we will see what happens and help Tommy with it, but what I do know is we have to make sure nobody does anything idiotic, Tommy still is the green ranger, even though he's a power ranger, and only she's able to break him out of whatever spell is on him." Zordon said to him and explained further.
"Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, Aisha, Rocky and Adam still have their ninjetti powers even though their power coins were destroyed, and they will feel the break if the bond is shattered we need to monitor it now, but it's going to be really hectic and dangerous for the next few weeks as this gets started." he said to him gently and Alpha nodded as he answered him then.
"What do you mean, what do we do?" Alpha asked and he explained that to him then. "For now we will keep an eye on the situation, and if the situation starts getting out of hand than we will tell the other rangers the truth. The bonds between Kimberly and the other rangers are strong and will be hard to fix if there is a fight between them, Kimberly will need a lot of emotional support and Tommy will need back-up as well." he said and Alpha nodded to that that as he refocused.
While he was dealing with the Rangers, the Pink and Red Rangers were teleporting out of the chamber, as they headed for Tommy's house and reappeared in the trees outside of his house then and they walked in through the front door. "Mom, dad you home?" he called out and then heard his father call back to him then. "Yeah son we're in here." James Oliver called back from the kitchen and they headed in there. "Mom, dad, look who came to visit." he said and Kim stepped out from behind him.
"Kim what are you doing back?" Melissa said with a smile as they moved over to hug her and Kim tightened her arms around her mother-in-law then, before turning to James and he hugged her tightly. "What's going on if you came to see us baby?" he asked and she nodded to the table and they moved to the table then and sat down. "Alright, what's going on if you came to see us first?" Melissa asked her and she explained that to them.
"With the fact I've been gone for a while it's going to take another year, before I finish my training, before I come home, I thought it best to put things on hold till I came back mom, we're not cutting complete contact, and we're going to strengthen the bonds between us." she said and they nodded gently. "How deep is your relationship exactly?" James asked and she explained that, knowing they were going to get this.
"He's my other half dad, we, when we met, wound up finding our other half, when he joined the gang, I'm your daughter-in-law now." she said and he smiled at that. "I knew you were going to be the right one, somehow, but I never thought you'd be soul-mates, but this means though you're separated now, when you're back home you're going to be back together then huh?" he asked and she smiled and nodded as Melissa answered her.
"How distracted did this have you if you decided to put it on hold baby?" she asked and and Kim sighed. "I've come way to close to a repeat performance four times in five months since I left, he's barely able to concentrate the separation is making it harder to concentrate for a competition, so this was the only option, this way we can both focus and at the same time keep our bonds strong." she said and Melissa nodded to that.
"Forgot that portion of it, protect the bonds between you with the only option, putting it on hold till the missing partner is back with them. So focus on strengthening that bond and you can concentrate finally, and with that, this is the safest option. Right now for you, and till you come home and get back together, your mother taught you this, if you chose to put things on hold?" she asked and Kim nodded as she answered her then.
"Yeah mom, the first thing she taught was if we were separated, put it on hold till we were back together. I was going on unspoken advice, and wrote it before I came to see you, mom's still out in Paris, so I took her advice and I'm waiting till Papa gets a second transfer, before I tell her." she said and Melissa nodded to that as she answered her "we told the gang and our friends, the quintet, Curt and Rick as well, as a result."
"So we're back on stage one, borderline two, and we can rebuild the bonds till I come home next spring break. And the entire team chose me, our bonds of friendship without thinking twice about it at the moment. So no taking sides, they choose both sides, long story though regarding why I decided on this. But best to call a family meeting on Friday, I'm coming home for the weekend after practice." she said and they nodded to her softly.
"That was good advice and that's really good news right now, as a doctor I would have suggested. But for you girls, when it comes to being separated from your mate out of academics or athletics when you're out of town. It's best to put things on hold till you're back together, but considering you're coming home next spring that won't be long now." she said and James finished her sentence, as he gave their opinion with a gentle smile.
"It's fine with us, though you're not together at the moment, you belong to each other, your mother, Preston, Mitch, Peter, Nathan, Dillon, Brandon and Jake, as well as their wives are going to say the same, but how this is going to go is anyone's guess." James said and she nodded as she answered him then. "I sent a letter, before I came up, but it's going to cause a few problems." she said and they nodded and he answered her.
"Anything your parents teach you to remember, that would be of use here, because if anything, they're going to over-react to the letter and forget to phone their parents so they can see what their parents think of your decision?" he asked and she nodded as she answered him. "Uncle Preston taught us four things to remember: Keep focus in battle, thinking on your feet, think outside the box and read between the line."
"Their fathers drilled this into us for eleven years, hopefully they remember this." she said and he nodded to that as Melissa thought over that. "What is it he does for a living exactly, because those lessons sounds like military strategic lessons?" she asked and Kim smiled. "I suppose you got a good look at his body build?" she asked and Melissa nodded and she smiled as she told her the truth then..
"He's a retired Army ranger, these lessons are what his drill instructor taught him when he was young adult, and he's been teaching the guys everything he learned, which explains why Jason is so good at it, he's also a skilled swordsman, because Preston taught him how to fence as well."
"He's also the state Karate champion of your generation, he drilled this into us, as did Uncle Peter and Uncle Mitchell, and Peter is in the department with you dad, he's a narcotics agent, while Mitchell is a Kung Fu expert and he's training your recruits in combat training." she said and they both nodded to that.
"As for Nathan, he's a high up executive, while Mara was a high school physics teacher, which explains the reason Billy is so good at science and is a quick thinker, though he's been been getting into Martial arts a lot lately." she said and they nodded. "If anything they're not going to remember this and start jumping to conclusions, so we better get ready for that." James said with a sigh and they nodded to that.
"I'm glad you told us this, it doesn't matter that you're separated at the moment, you'll get back together when the time comes, but till then you just strengthen those bonds." she added and Kim smiled. "Kat is going to think that with me out of his life, she's got a chance, but he doesn't want anyone but me for his girlfriend, so you better get ready for that if he starts getting hot tempered later." she said and they both nodded to that.
"Mom would you consider a fake break up letter a good idea, because they see this they're going to think I'm cheating on him, when I'm not doing that?" Kim asked and James answered that. "If it means you're remaining this close and nothing gets between you two than yes it's a good idea baby. At the rate the opinions that count the most are the parents of the couple that letter is concerning, and said parents are us, your mother and stepfather, as well as Preston and Alicia and with that fact in mind."
"If the rest of the adult gang hears this from the gang they're all going to see it the exact same way, and Preston's my best friend, you get the ones who listened to talk to their parents and they repeat what we and Carrie say and that ends the debate and the ones who don't are in serious trouble if this puts one or both of you at risk later." he said and she nodded to that as Melissa looked at him to change the subject then.
"Best friend, you guys are that close now?" Tommy repeated and he nodded. "Yes, your mother is Caroline's best friend and I've become good friends with Peter and Nathan, but your godfather, baby, and I developed the exact same connection you boys did son. Back in the sixties to cement that it would be a blood brother ritual, but we understand each other and are co-leaders and partners now in case of outburst at work."
"Be it that hardly ever happens, but he gives me a hand and we work as we deal with a drunken outburst and considering I cover every area in my job, my being a homicide detective and all, the poor idiot who touches your mother or Carrie in an aggressive manner is asking to lose a limb when we get our hands on him." He said and she smiled, their parents were a trio in the same way she, Jason and Tommy were now.
"Alright, if I was your age and a friend received one, I'd be reading it over their shoulder, see what it was you wanted me to see, call you and get the translations and then talk to my parents to alleviate my concerns and be one of the who keep in touch. Because rule one here, put a relationship on hold when you're out of town and separated from your other half and as to why." Melissa said and he finished her sentence as his tone went firm as he said it gently.
"Long distance relationships never work, to prevent a relationship from falling apart put it on hold till you're back together and rebuild it. You're doing this to save your relationship and that is all that matters, we've already made our choice in future daughter-in-laws and you're it sweetie. You're an exact match anyway." he said and she smiled at that. "Mom's going to say the same in his case dad, we're soulmates and I love him and only him, mom is satisfied I'm so happy with him."
"Though I will say that dad hears I'm engaged at the age of sixteen and it's giving him a coronary later." Kim said and he chuckled. " Him I doubt that matters, though Pierre that would if you eloped now, aside from that you're still too young for marriage, separated or not, only temporary until you come home baby, in the mean time just keep in touch with Melissa and me, okay." James said and she nodded as Melissa ended it with a smile.
"We better take a break for now, you staying for dinner?" she asked and Kim nodded as she spent the evening with her in-laws, before she and Tommy went up to his room to talk then. "I'm going to call you after the letter arrives, so be ready for it when it happens, because there's going to be problems later." Tommy said and she nodded.
"No problem, don't worry Tommy, though we're separated nothing changes the fact I belong to you, I'm off limits to any boy who tries to get between us." she said and he smiled. "The same is said for me, I'm taken already, she needs to find someone else." he said and she smiled "I love you Tommy." she said and he smiled and took her in his arms. "I love you too Kim, I love you and only you." he said and they kissed, after breaking it, they activated their link to each other to fuse the connection completely.
"That's it, we're one now, we're two halves of the same whole, we're now one mind, heart and soul in two bodies." she said and he smiled and he hugged her and she tightened her arms around him. "See you soon Tommy." she said and he nodded as she let him go and he watched her teleport out of his room as he looked at the two of them in the photograph he had of them, when he activated their relationship the year before.
Things had gone fine for them that night, his parents were surprised, but happy to see her again and they spent the evening talking, after explaining to his parents about what was going to happen, his parents were surprised and supportive by their decision and his mother promised to keep in touch with Kimberly as well. The two were going to go over how to handle things and then wait for the letter to get there, before he let their friends know the truth and before one of them did a lot of damage.
Before they separated that night she promised to phone him the following night and it was now the day of the letter arrival. The day had gone great and they were all getting ready for when school let out for spring break. Although outwardly he was fine, he was waiting for when he got the letter and the fallout from it when the others found out about it, because there were three he was worried about with the ninjetti spirit animal connection this was going to do a lot of damage.
Tommy and the gang were hanging out at the Youth Center and Tommy was doing bench presses, while the others were crowded around him and talking when Ernie called out to him from the juice bar counter. "Hey Tommy, you have a letter here from Kim that just arrived!" Ernie called out to him. "Thanks Ernie, Adam could you get it." he said while thinking at the same time 'Please let this go alright' as he sat up.
Adam walked over and Ernie gave it to him before turning around to work on an order that another group who had just come into the room wanted as well, as he was walking away from the counter, the only thought going through him was 'Please don't be anything bad, please let her be okay, we nearly lost her once, don't let this mean what I think.' Ernie thought to himself then as he watched the young man leave the juice bar.
As Adam walked back to where his friends were, he started to have in uneasy feeling about what was going on, though he wasn't sure where it was coming from though as Tommy shifted from his position at the bench presser table. As he did it he watched the quartet then carefully as Adam sat dot down aceross from him.
Though Tommy knew what was in the letter, the others didn't and they were not going to take it well when he read it. Adam brought it over and Tommy said "Why don't you let me read it Adam" he said and Adam passed it to him. "Sure Tommy." Adam said and handed it over to him and he opened up the letter to see what it said, before feeling a spasm go through his heart, as he remembered what she told him then
'God Kim, I didn't realize you were in that much pain baby when you wrote this.' he thought as he saw the underlined spots and smiled inwardly. 'Alright, either I emphasize the statements or they get it themselves, but either way I need to make it clear there is more than one side of it." he added to himself as Rocky interrupted his thoughts then.
"Hey Tommy, are you going to keep us in suspense here, what does it say?" Rocky asked him with a grin. "Dear Tommy, how are you, I'm fine and everything is going great here in Florida. Coach Schmidt has me as ready as I'll ever be for the competition, it's at the Pan Globals, I'm hoping to get my first gold medal there." he read out and the quartet smiled at that as Billy said it for all of them then.
"It is good to hear that she is doing so well out there" Billy said and Rocky nodded in agreement. "Yeah it is." Rocky said at that and Tommy sighed as he got ready to give out the next portion of it. "Guys, before I say this next part, keep in mind there is underlining meanings in everything written and Billy, before you start making judgements remember what your parents taught you and remember what she told you, okay." he said and they all nodded to that as he went further then.
'Tommy this is the hardest thing I've ever had to say, in some ways it's hard and the most wonderful thing that could happen since I left home, but in some ways it's wonderful and others it's frightening, because I know what this is going to do to us.' he read and they exchanged looks at that as Rocky felt his heart start dropping then as he said it for the five of them.
"I'm not liking the sound of then, she's saying that like something else happened up there, I hope she's alright, she's been through enough over the last nine months, she said she's not dating anyone, why would she say that." he said and Adam and Billy nodded as he read on then. "Guys we had a meeting called at the head quarters here when I brought her home, and you al busted Angela when we did that."
"And..., Angie, Jamie, guys, I want you over here as well." he called out and they nodded and walked over to them as Shawna, and three others did the same. "Well there's one piece of the situation in a true friendship, calling the ones that are taking both sides of the situation to read over the shoulder of the receiver here." Stone said under his breath as he looked at the guidance counselor, their principal and Ernie.
After getting behind him as he read out the rest of it. "Jesus, I've never heard her this upset since we met, that's no break up letter, this is killing her to make this choice." Derek said with a furious look on his face. "Why what's it say exactly, she said she wasn't seeing anyone else, so why is this killing her to say this?" Adam asked him and he sighed. "Would you want to just let them go, if you're that much in love with them?"
"Whoever this friend is she met, he's trying to protect her, but making a choice like this, it's like you're tearing out your heart while doing it." Angie asked him and Tommy nodded in agreement then. 'Guys keep it together remember, please remember.' he thought as he said it then. 'But I..., I've met someone else, I think you'll like him he's kind and a good listener, I never wanted to hurt you, but I feel like I found the one I'm meant to be with.' he said and they all started shouting at once.
"What, why would she do that?!" Billy snapped and Rocky followed that up with. "I can't believe this, you've been together for three years, why is she cheating on you?" he asked and Tommy quickly snapped at that. "Listen carefully to the way this is being read you guys, you remember what I just said here, or did you forget something here, this is not what you think." he said sharply, before he could continue Billy answered him at that.
"Whoa hold it all of you, if they're trying to break us up, it's so they got a better chance to destroy our friendship and the power rangers, so hold fire a second here will you. Billy if you're the blue mighty morphin ranger's counterpart, she's talking straight to you, because the post notes are directed specifically to you in particular, now all of you shut up." Curtis snapped at him as Tommy followed that up with the next remark.
"God damn it, the reason they're reacting like this is, because of pack instincts Curt, there is no I or me in a pack, but us and we, this is Rita's attempt to destroy us by their pack instincts, of eleven, five are pack animals." Tommy told him and he nodded. "He's right, if the spell just activated it's so they can't tear us apart, because of eleven, five of you are pack animals." he said and he knew that Billy's pack instincts went crazy then.
"We've been friends for twelve years, I thought I knew her better than this." he said coldly and then sighed. "Our bonds been screaming for months, if this means more than one thing, I don't want it reaching the point of no return here. This is really going to damage to the team." he added and Adam finished his sentence then as he looked at him, before looking at Tommy to ask about his relationship then.
"I thought you said that things were going fine between the two of you, I mean this really came out of the blue. I hope I'm wrong but this does not sound like Kimberly at all." Adam said and Tommy looked at him in shock at that as he answered him with a growl then. "Maybe because there's more than one hidden meaning in every paragraph. If all of you are done shouting at this, I'd like to finish reading this, so you can get everything, so shut up and listen here. Because Curtis is right, our connection to our friends is part of this." Tommy said sharply, thinking as he watched them.
'I can't believe them, they encouraged her to follow her dreams and they are just as much her friends as they are mine. Our friends should know her better than this, I need to talk to Kim after this is done and get in touch with Jason immediately, before this terminates their friendship out of miscommunication.' he was thinking to himself at that, before Kat stopped him as she stood up.
"Wait, why would she say that, it's emphasized. Tommy she's emphasizing a message out to us here in the wording right now, what's she really trying to say, but cool down and let me decide here guys will you." Kat asked feeling her thoughts change directions. "Wait, the meeting, she told us first and said that everything aside from her training is a lie here, true friend, true friend, there's only one way to know guys." she said to them
"What exactly, because I don't know her in the at the twelve of you do." Tanya asked and she hold up her hand. 'No that can't be right, she'd never break up with him that fast, those words were emphasized. That's a lie, Crane what are you telling me here right now, who's the man you met, a friend, an older brother, who exactly. You're not dating anyone else, but who is this guy exactly?' she asked to herself softly as she said it aloud.
"Mom what was it you said to do to be a true friend here, I'm keeping that bond, acts of a true friend, true friend...?" she thought out loud, before she smiled and called out to the men watching them from the juice bar. "Guys did she call you on Monday before she called us, because we weren't paying attention to what was going on at the juice bar." she asked and they all nodded as she finished that as she smiled then.
"Alright all of you shut up, because he's right. This is a life lesson in being a friend, especially one who doesn't know in her way the others do: we're in step one here in acts of a true friend, what to do if a letter like this arrives for a friend and team-mate, before doing anything, talk to a parent or an adult and with that. Ernie, why would why she need to write this exactly?" she called out and he called back to her, before Stone said it for him as he smiled as he answered as he called out from the counter..
"Long distance relationships never work, to prevent what just happened to Zack, from happening to her and Tommy, this had to be done and with that in mind it's the right choice. So with that you got do this to keep from cheating on each other honey, but whatever goes on between them, stays between them guys, it's between them and that's where it stays. Nice thinking though honey, now what do you do next, because you're doing very well in remembering this life lesson?" he asked and she smiled as she said it.
"Before doing anything, read the letter of the sender over the shoulder of the receiver, see the lies for what they are, contact the sender, ask for a copy and the translations. I then talk to my parents and call her every day just to keep my friendship with her strong, yes of course, okay step one." she said and looked at Tanya. "Tanya, you're the only one who never met her yet, this is one our life lessons, what's the act of a true friend, step one, guys move over she and I need to read that to."
" Tommy let me read that over your shoulder!" she said and he nodded as she waved to Tanya and they moved behind him as she looked at it and smiled in relief as she said it. "Alright I get your remarks Crane, I see what you're telling me. Yes, guys I was right, this is no break up at all, this is just a step back for a while, like she said she's coming home next year." she said smiling. "How can you tell that Kat?" Adam asked her and she smiled as she answered him. "There's several key things that make it clear this is not a real break up letter, in fact like she said they're practically screaming their heads off tho us."
"Emphasis in several of the words, which are meant to indicate more then smile message saying he. That's not merely a lie she's trying to tell us something here, Tommy keep going what's it say exactly. Because I promised her I was going to look after you with her out there and with Sam gone, if that really was Sam, and you just finding David this just couldn't have come worse at a time like this, just what is the warning really about here?" she asked him quickly as her thoughts shifted to the only possibility then.
"What are you saying Kat?" Adam asked and she hit the table to get the duo's attention, as Tanya moved to her side. "We're saying when would she have the time to start dating anyone else here. Because A) her coach has the girls segregated from the boys, B) is that he forbid any fraternizing with the guys team and C) that said 'someone else' could be someone a few years older than we are and in our parents eyes that's way to old for her." Tommy said as he looked at her smiling and she smiled back at him.
"Tommy if it takes going after her, do it, don't just let her go." Jamie said it him and he nodded to her. "Don't worry I'm not, she and I already discussed this, before you caught Angela with Barnes. This letter is meant to prevent our gang from falling apart. And whatever spell is trying to hijack the others, is pushing way too hard here." he said and that did it for Tanya as she slammed her hand down on the table as she read it out.
"Alright all of you cool it already and what we're saying is-is that's no break up letter. She's trying to tell us something,'met someone else', translation there is no one else. These guys are acting older brother if anyone else decided to sign up for the Pan Global championships, and the her team is all girls, these college guys don't go out with kids our age, we're minors. It's got to be a family friend, a surrogate brother or a half brother, but she's an only child, it's got to be one of us here that have a cousin."
"Guys who'd you choose to take care of her before she left exactly?" she asked and Adam covered his eyes. "Patrick, she found Patrick. Alright Tommy keep going." he said and Tommy finished the rest of the messages in the letter in relief she said that. "There is more to this, and it's not being said in happy way, this is killing her to say this, so cool it and listen." Tommy added and finished reading out loud, his anger growing by the minute, while feeling his relief that she saw that so fast.
"Tommy I'll always love you, but I see you as a friend and brother, no matter what happens between us, I'll always love you, be careful and take care of yourself my Falcon, forever yours, Your' Crane, Kimberly.' he read out and Billy said it for the entire group in disbelief then. "I think she went too far." Billy said in shock. "Billy she read it out, you've known her longest of the four of us, it's a fake, that fake says she's coming home and they're getting back together as soon as she does. If this Rita's attempt to destroy us, we don't let her have it." Rocky said to him and she nodded to that.
"Billy, friend, that's the rest of it, listen to me 'friend' they were friends first, before they became a couple. Billy I see where your thoughts are heading here. But she's not throwing us out of her life, it's between them and that's where it stays. You're her best friend, remember this, but..., oh god, I see what's happening here, your powers as Ninjetti, our powers, Tanya, Jason and me, are still active and they're getting stronger every day rig, you're a wolf, never mind the pack behavior. Billy, focus, honey, focus, yes he's your alpha, but she's your omega, she needs you more right now."
" 'Brother', that means..., Tommy who's the one person aside her that can help you heal here, if she said that to you, she's saying bring this brother, whoever he is, home and soon, before something else happens, and whatever the said something else is, it's the rest of that letter, what's the post scripts to the message Tommy?" Kat said translating that for them as she looked at them. "My brother-in-law is Jason Lee Scott Kat, if we got him coming home that's what she saying. She still loves me and wants to stay friends, and get Jason and quick." Tommy told her and she nodded to that as Adam looked at her in shock.
