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Chapter 7

*Yellow Frog Arts and Athletics Complex*

"... and then we had the best meal I think I've ever had," Kim said as she recounted her and Tommy's engagement evening in the staff lounge to Jason, Rocky, Kat, and of course her new fiance.

"Yeah, the swordfish was unreal, and your filet mignon was so good," Tommy added. "We'll have to find an excuse to go there again." He and Kim grinned at this.

"Then we capped the night with dancing, they had a live jazz band there so we attempted some swing dancing," Kim said with a sly smirk running across her face.

"What do you mean by 'attempted?'" Jason asked.

"Well, let's just say I need some lessons," Tommy sheepishly confessed. "I think I have a bruise on my hip from the time I collided with that other guy."

"You didn't?" Rocky asked with a snort.

"Wow... smooth moves Oliver," Jason joked, leaving Tommy to blush.

"Maybe we'll just have to have a double date one night, Jason and I can teach you," Kat added with her warm smile.

"That would be fun," Kim said.

"So have you figured out when the wedding is going to be?" Jason asked.

"Sometime in the spring, late May or early June," Tommy replied.

"Yikes, six months to get a wedding planned," Rocky said. "You think you'll be able to get it planned that quick?"

"We better!" Kim shouted.

From that moment on, life felt like a whirlwind that wouldn't stop until their wedding. Kim and Tommy started planning it, and with more and more students enrolling in their classes, they rarely felt they had time to just live. Two weeks after their engagement they got a chance to celebrate Christmas with both sides of the family. It was especially exciting for Kim, who got to see both her Mom and Dad, even though it was still a bit awkward from their divorce years ago. After the New Year, the couple spent day after day working the guest list, finding a church, finding the right pastor, wedding dress, and the list went on and on. Their encounter in Sunnydale seemed to fade more and more from their memories.

On Valentine's Day, which happened to be Kim's 21st birthday, Tommy took her out, giving her the vow that they would talk about anything but the wedding. It was a night where they finally had a chance to talk, which was somewhat of a miracle. Though it wasn't as nice as the night they got engaged, Tommy took her out to another one of her favorite restaurants. The atmosphere was nice, but it wasn't the type of place to wear formalwear. The appeal was less fancy, and more about just having a quaint place to talk and connect.

"How are you holding up?" He asked her.

"Honestly... I never thought planning a wedding would be this hard," she confessed. "When I was younger, I always dreamed about the day, walking down the aisle to my future husband. I never expected everything leading up to it to be this involved."

"Yeah," Tommy replied. "I feel like this is taking more work than our actual jobs."

"It almost makes me want to get eloped instead," Kim joked.

"Hey, Vegas isn't that far away," Tommy replied.

"I said almost." They chuckled a bit, Tommy was thankful that in spite of all the stress, they still managed to find joy.

"How has life been aside from the wedding?" Tommy asked. "I feel like I don't know much about what's going on, except for that and work, that is."

"Honestly, not much," she confessed. "I think one of the things is talking with Kat, and trying to help her move past everything."

"You mean with Tanya and Adam?"

"Not just that. I think when Voldemort tortured her, there was a lot of emotional scarring that she never dealt with. We just assumed it was losing her friends. But we had a really good conversation about it. I think she's really turning around."

"That's great to hear... I'm really glad that you girls can help one another out."

"Yeah... just to think I hated her for so long because I thought she was stealing you from me," Kim mentioned. "Instead, she's become my closest friend... aside from you."

"She gonna be the maid of honor?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah... living with her has been amazing. In spite of all the difficulties, we've really gotten to see the best and worst of each other, and come out loving one another more. As much as I love Aisha and Trini, Kat is my girl."

"Hopefully she'll be planning her own wedding by then," Tommy said. "Jason finally bought a ring."

"It's about time!" They continued to talk, as Tommy shared how his house hunting was going, as well as looking into taking part-time classes at Angel Grove Community College. For some reason, he was very enamored with the idea of taking Geology classes, something to do with studying the dinosaurs. He thought maybe it was due to their old dinozords. Either way, their meals and drinks came and passed, and it was time for Tommy to drive Kim home.

It was late when Kim got in, and Kat had all ready gone to sleep. Kim got ready for bed and went into her bedroom, and quickly drifted off to sleep. As she slept she began to dream, particularly about a wedding. Her wedding. Tommy was there at the altar, standing beside Jason, Rocky, and Zack. Kim of course was by Kat, Aisha, and Trini. As they began to state their vows, a green beam of light shot through Tommy's body, leaving him in a pile of ash. Kim was mortified, but before she could scream, a beam was shot at her as well. However, this beam did not destroy her. Instead, it suspended her in time. While she could see the animated reactions of everyone, it was as if only she could interact. Everyone was frozen. That was when she saw him.

His appearance was not unlike Severus Snape, except younger. His longer, black, slicked back hair, pale skin, green robes, and his snake-like eyes which pierced through her. He had a scepter in his hand, and he extended it to touch her heart. Though she wanted to move, she could not. He inched it closer to her, and suddenly he sank it into her. But she did not die, blood did not pour from her. Instead, it was as if her mind was being taken over. Dark thoughts filled her, ones that horrified her. Suddenly, time was back to normal, and as she looked down at her own body, she no longer saw a wedding dress, but her old pink ranger costume. She saw her friends, and starting with Kat, began to slaughter them with the same scepter that the man used to control her.

"NO!" She awoke with terror, covered in sweat, heart pounding within her. She turned on the light, feeling the presence of something in her room. But she saw nothing. Suddenly, the door opened, Kat entering the threshold of Kim's room.

"Is everything ok?" Kat asked.

"I... had... a nightmare," Kim said, gasping between words.

"What was it?"

"It was the wedding," Kim started to explain. "We were exchanging our vows, and then suddenly, a wizard vaporized Tommy. Then he puts me under his control, and I killed the rest of you." As she recounted the dream, she began to tear up.

"Kim... it was just a dream," Kat tried to reassure her.

"Kat... it felt so real. This man... he plunged this thing into my chest... I could feel it. I could feel the darkness entering my body."

"Do you think it has anything to do with the feeling of being watched?" Kat asked.

"Maybe... I just... I've never felt this vulnerable."

"Maybe it's just because of all the stress of the wedding? I mean, you told me last week that you hadn't felt that being watched feeling for months. Maybe with everything all your fears are combining, and it just resulted in one big nightmare."

"Maybe... I just wish I knew why I felt this way."

"Have you told Tommy?"

"Briefly... he's been keeping up a little on events in Sunnydale, making sure nothing followed us up here."

"So, if something is prowling around, we'll be ready for it."

"I hope so. Sorry I woke you Kat."

"It's ok... we're friends, I want to make sure you're doing ok. You have done the same for me over and over again."

"Thanks." Kat got up and walked out of the room. Kim continued to sit on her bed, and finally got up. Before she went to turn off the light, she took one last gander outside her window. She saw nothing but a few lights on outside. She shrugged her shoulders, turned off the light, and tried to fall asleep, praying that she was only dreaming.

To be continued...

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