"So tell me Kimberly, what happen? Where have you been?" Patrick asked.
"Um, can we talk someplace a bit more private? It is really difficult to explain, but I am just glad that is over."
"Yeah, we can talk in my office." Patrick agreed and then turned to his son, "And we will be talking about how it is you got here when you are supposed to be at home."
"Yes sir." Tommy said.
The teens followed the 2 adults to Patrick's office. As they pass a coffee and donut cart, Tommy picks up a powder sugar one and hands to Kim. They finally get to the office, the whole time Kimberly is considering on what it is that she should say. She knows that Zordon gave permission to tell should she be forced to. But telling these cops isn't something she really wants to do. She knows that telling would affect not only her life but the lives of the 2 closest to her. Morgan she has known since she was born and Patrick is her boyfriend's father.
"So Kimberly, what happened?" Morgan asked as soon as the kids were seated and the door to the office was closed.
"It is really complicated and I am not sure where to start."
"Start at the beginning." Patrick informed.
"It was a Friday; I don't really remember the date. It seems like so long ago. Coach Schmidt had given us the weekend off, because we had a pretty good week and he could tell how hard we all were working as it definitely showed. I really wasn't considering taking the weekend off, I figured I would go to the gym for at least a couple of hours. On my way to the dorm all I could think about was how I couldn't wait to call Tommy." Kim paused and turned towards him. "I couldn't wait to hear your voice. I really missed you."
"I missed you too, more than I could possible put into words. I would live from one phone call to the next. For the next chance I could hear your sweet and beautiful voice." Tommy answered.
"Anyway," Kim continued. "When I got back to the dorm; they were there. They were waiting for me. Before I knew what was happening they had grabbed me."
"Who grabbed you Kimberly?"
"Who are they?"
Morgan and Patrick asked at the same time.
Kimberly just stared at them wondering if she should really tell. Once she brings Prince Gasket and the Machine Empire into this, there will be no going back.
"Who are they?" Patrick asked again, his voice a little louder this time.
"Prince Gasket." Kim answered finally
Morgan and Patrick looked at each other. Whatever they thought her answer would be, that wasn't it.
"I spent uh; I don't know how long it ended up being, on the moon with the Machine Empire. Prince Gasket finally got tired of holding me hostage and decided to use me in a ploy against the Power Rangers. The Power Rangers ended up rescuing me. I ran into Tommy and Jason in the park. They told me about the APB and brought me here."
"Well that explains why it seemed that you disappeared into thin air and we couldn't get a lead on your whereabouts. But, a lot more happened then what you just said. That doesn't explain the letters." Patrick replied.
"Letters?" Kim asked confused.
"Yes, the one your coach received, and the one that was sent addressed to Tommy and delivered to the Youth Center."
"Oh right, those letters. The first came about in the beginning, I told them that come Monday morning. Coach Schmidt and the training facility will be expecting me. I thought I could weasel my way out of the situation I was currently in. While I didn't think that would make them release me. I did think that Coach Schmidt would report me missing. They one-upped me so to speak, by sending a letter to him stating I was returning to Angel Grove. There Problem solved."
"And the second letter?"
"That one I didn't know about until after it was sent and received. Gasket showed me the letter he wrote addressed to Tommy, making him think I met someone else." Kim turned away from Patrick and looked to Tommy. "I can't imagine what you felt or thought, when you read it. I thought I would die when I read it."
"I have to admit I thought my heart would break into a million pieces. I was absolutely devastated by it and couldn't think straight. Jason pointed out to me that you would only write a letter like that if you had been hurt badly and didn't want to feel like a burden or if you were in serious trouble. I called your Coach, he informed me about the letter he received from you. With the two letters contradicting each other it all added up to one very bleak picture." Tommy admitted.
"I am so sorry."
"I just kept thinking that I was going to lose you. That by the time we found you, you would be dead."
Patrick let his son have a moment with Kimberly. This past week had been hell on him.
"Tell me this Kimberly why you? I read that letter; it was way too personal, to in depth. This is not the type of letter some Joe Schmoe off the street writes. This is the type of letter some obsessed lunatic writes; who had stood back and watched the type of relationship you two had, buying time until striking. So tell me this; why would the Machine Empire even care about the relationship between 2 teenagers who are currently on opposite oceans."
Should the truth about the Power Rangers come out.