Tommy felt his heart shatter just by watching Kimberly go to pieces as she finally realized the truth. "I'm afraid so," he confessed while he wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "That's why I've been acting so strange-"

Kimberly wiggled her way out of his arms and stepped back from him."-When did all of this happen?" she asked when she took in a sharp breath and crossed her arms. "Tommy, please tell me."

"After I found the coin in the mine cart in the mine tunnel," he began. They took a seat on the floor on opposites sides." When I got back home I started acting crazy and I actually talked to Rita-"

"How?" Kimberly gasped as her eye brows rose and fear took over her face. "You weren't teleport to her castle, were you?"

Tommy pulled his hair back and a terror also took over his face as well. "I got an urge to put the coin under the water in my swimming pool. I divided down to the bottom of my pool and saw holograms appear out of nowhere. The next thing I knew I was the green ranger."

"Why didn't you tell me this yesterday?" Kimberly questioned. She turned her face when her eyes started to burn with tears. Tommy watched her wipe her face with her hand. "You could have just told me instead of-"

"-Kim," he interrupted and he go up and took a seat next to her. "I wanted to tell you. I had no idea how to even begin to start, so I reached into my pocket and was about to pull out the coin. When my fingers wrapped around the coin I felt evil energy go through my body. It took control of me and the next thing I realized was that I was being aggressive towards you and said horrible things to you and Billy."

"Why did you run away?"

"After I was at the park and destroyed the park benches, picnic tables and damaged some of the playground equipment," Tommy revealed. A flash of green light appeared in his eyes. He watched Kimberly's mouth drop at that very moment. "I can't control these powers and I can become the green ranger at any time. Please believe me, I don't want to use these powers for evil. I left to prevent from hurting the people that I care about."

"Tommy, how long have you known that I'm the pink ranger?" Kimberly asked with all the courage that she had inside her body. She continued to stare down at the floors. Her eyes were beginning to be red and puffy look.

He moved closer to her and took hold of her hand. "I didn't know until I saw you demorph and laying on the ground," he said truthfully. Tommy felt her fingers lace up with his. "When I saw it was you, I felt something strange happen. I couldn't finish you off...because I'm madly in love you. That's why I left. Why did you come here?"

"I was really worried about you and I really missed you," Kimberly explained while she began to understand why Tommy was acting so funny. She knew in her heart that he was telling the truth and didn't want to be evil. He was scared and really needed some help now more than ever. "I had to know you were okay."

He dropped to his knees and started screaming out in pain. His eyes flashed green as he glared at Kimberly with an evil smirk. A bright beam of green light appeared in the room and Tommy morphed into the green ranger. "This is only the beginning!" he hissed as he slowly began to walk over to Kimberly. "Let's continue the fight."

"It's morphing time!" Kimberly shouted as she held her morpher up in the air. "Pterodactyl!"

Tommy pulled out his dragon dagger and began to play it like a flute and the next thing Kimberly knew was that she was standing against the wall. Both of her arms were stretched out and shackled to the wall. It was the same way with both of her legs. Laying on the floor was her power bow.

"Tommy," she started while glanced at him while tears were running down her face. Kimberly fought of the tears the best she could while she thought about the real Tommy. The one who was her best friends, had sleepovers with, the person who protected her during a tornado when they were trapped on the playground, and all the other good traits he had. "This isn't you."

"How do you know?!" he demanded as he glared at her in anger.

"We've known each other since we were new born babies," she explained while watching the green ranger take a seat in front of her. "You'd never act this way if you weren't under Rita and Zedd's spell. Please, release me! And I'll help you."

"If I release you, you will run away," Tommy warned as he watched the pink ranger struggle to get free. "I know you will."

"No, I won't," Kimberly promised while glancing at Tommy in his green ranger uniform. "Surely, you know that by now. Surely, you know that I love you..." The very minute Tommy heard those words, he dropped to his knees and let out another horrible scream before passing out.


Tommy woke up on the cold stone floor and sat up. At the very moment he stood up, his eyes feasted on the pink ranger chained to the wall. "Kimberly!" he cried as he ran over to her and freed her from her chains. Tommy quickly removed her helmet and saw she was unconscious. "Please, Kim! Please wake up!" He started to gently shake her and he watched her eyes slowly open.

"Tommy," Kimberly purred in a week voice as she gazed into his eyes. "I knew you could do it."

"When you said I love you, it was like I could regain control," he started while he just held her tight in his arms. Thankful that she was there with him. "Maybe feeling emotions of love could help me gain control back because I felt warm, happy, and loved. When I'm the green ranger, I only have anger, hate, and bitterness inside of me."

"Maybe you can learn to control you powers and you won't have to use your powers for evil," Kimberly suggested as she called her powers down. "Maybe, you could stay with me and we'll work on you learning to control your powers-"

"I can't go back like this, if anyone knew who I was I'd never be able to show my face in public again."

"Alpha and Zordon would be able to help you. Maybe they could remove the evil energy from the power coin," Kimberly suggested as he she grabbed his hand. "You could still be a power ranger and you'd be able to control your powers."


Rita stood at her balcony spying on Tommy and Kimberly with her trusty telescope. An evil smirk appeared on her face. "Zeddy, the pink ranger is running everything!" Rita complained after she stomped her foot and kicked a vase over.

Zedd got up from his throne and walked over to Rita placing a hand on her shoulder. "We can use this to our advantage," Zedd assured her. He began to spy on them too. He got out a green and pink candle and placed it on the table. "Tommy, maybe able to be get cut off from the coin, but I'll will not allow for him use his powers for good."

Striking a match, he lit the green candle. "What are those candles for?" Rita questioned as she watched the candle begin to burn.

"This will only allow him to use his powers for good for a short time," Zedd explained. "Remember we told him if he betrayed us, he would be punished?"

Rita's mouth curved into a smile and her eyes lit up. "When the candle is close to being burn out, we'll capture the pink ranger and only Tommy will be able retrieve her," he started while he continued to spy on them. "He may be able to reach her, but when he reaches her, his powers will be gone because he'll use them up quickly after going through some very difficult tasks before he reaches her. The pink candle will be burning and he'll have to choose between which candles. The minute he touches a candle he'll lose his powers."

"He may be able to come in here as the green ranger, but he won't stand a chance against us when he reaches us," smirked taking hold of Zedd's hand.

"Then when his powers are gone, he'll have to fight Goldar before can escape with her. I've been training Goldar every day to prepare him for his battle when he destroys his very first ranger. Then when Tommy's destroyed, Kimberly will become my evil bride."


A beam of pink and green light appeared in the command center. "Wow, this place is amazing!" Tommy gasped as they appeared in the command center. He had never seen a room that only had a floor and that only had computer consoles along the edge in a curved shape. "I've never seen anything like this." He walked around the room explore his new surroundings.

"Ay-yi-yi," cried Alpha the very minute he walked into the room. He immediately rushed over to the computer consoles and started to press some buttons. "We have an intruder in the command center!" A pink and orange light started blinking and started making a loud noise.

A force field appeared around Tommy, trapping him inside. "Hey, what's going on!" Tommy fretted when a circular force field appeared around him. There wasn't any room in the force field. So, Tommy had to stand in the tight space unable to move a muscle. A flash appeared in the room and Tommy saw a large floating head appear in the wide circular tube that sat in the middle of the command center. The head turned and faced Tommy. "Who are you?"

"I am Zordon," replied the floating head. "And this is my assistant Alpha 5."

Alpha started pressing some more green keys and the appearance of the green ranger appeared on the screen. "Ay-yi-yi! Why are you here?" Alpha asked when he turned to face Tommy. "And how did you get that power coin?"

Kimberly walked over to Alpha and put her hand on his shoulder. "Alpha, I brought him here," Kimberly explained while she tried to calm her robotic friend down. "This is my best friend and my boyfriend, Tommy Oliver. A few days ago, we went to the mine and he found a power coin. It was created by Rita and Zedd to make him the evil green ranger-"

"-I couldn't control these powers and I've done a lot of damage," interrupted Tommy while he stood perfectly still like a manikin in a clothing store. Bead of sweat were running down his face and he could feel his heart pounding on the bars of his rib cage. "I've even attacked my friends in the park the other day. I am ashamed of my actions and I want to use my powers for good."

"Tommy, Alpha has been running a back-ground check on you and you appear to be a model citizen, courageous, loyal, and trustworthy," Zordon stated as Alpha called down the force field. Tommy handed Alpha the coin.

"Can you remove the evil energy?" Kimberly prayed when she felt Tommy pull her into his arms.

"I think we can," Alpha answered as he put it in a special solution. "We'll just soak in this solution. When it's through soaking, we can check it with Billy's latest invention. He has invented a device that can detect items to see if they contain evil energy."

"Alpha, please call the other rangers to the command center," requested Zordon. "Tell them we have a new member on our team. And have Billy bring his invention."

Alpha contacted the other four rangers and they teleported to the command center.


A beam of yellow, red, blue, and black light appeared in the command center. "Here is the device that you requested," Billy said as he handed Alpha his invention.

Rocky, Adam, Aisha and Billy noticed that Tommy was standing next to Kimberly. "Tommy's our new team member," cheered Rocky as he walked over to shake Tommy's hand. "That's great! He will be a prefect addition."

"Welcome to the team," congratulated Adam as he was the second person to shake Tommy's hand. The very minute Adam shook Tommy's hand, he noticed that Tommy's face was covered in wrinkles and lines. He appeared to have cold sweat all over his forehead. He figured Tommy was just nervous about becoming a power ranger. "What color are you?"

"I was the evil green ranger," Tommy confessed with his hands tightening into fists. His heels and legs were shaking and he appeared to be rocking back and forth.

Aisha clapped a hand over her mouth, Rocky's mouth dropped, Billy's face went blank, and terror over took Adam's face. "You were the evil green ranger?!" gasped Aisha while she removed her hand from her mouth. "That must be why you ran away."

"It is," Tommy responded. He looked away as soon as he admitted the truth, while he constantly began he started to mess with his knuckles. "I was ashamed of what I had done. I just didn't want anyone to get hurt especially after I attacked you all at the park-"

"-he didn't volunteer for this," Kimberly interrupted. "He found the coin at the mine and didn't know what it until he morphed into the green ranger for the first time. He couldn't even control when he morphed either."

"So that is what caused him to change overnight," Billy realized when he thought back to Tommy being aggressive and saying all those nasty things to him and Kimberly. He walked over to the power coin soaking into the solution and looked at it. Waves of evil green energy were being drained from the coin.

Tommy walked over to the coin and stood by Billy. Kimberly, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha followed. "Every time I felt those waves of evil green energy it was like I was Jekyll and Hyde," Tommy sighed while he hung his head. "The evil energy was so strong, I wasn't able to control myself until I heard Kim tell me that she loved me."

"Kim, I should've known that you skipped school to go look for Tommy!" Aisha smiled. She watched Kimberly turn her face while her cheeks were turning pink. Aisha walked over to her and put her hand on Kimberly's shoulder. "I would have done the same thing if I was in your position."


For the next few hours, all the rangers sat in the command center and talked about what Tommy experienced when he was the evil green ranger. He told them everything that happened starting from the minute he found the coin in the mine. While Tommy was telling them about his experience, Billy had taken the coin out of the solution and started scanning it. All the evil energy was gone and he could use it for good. From that moment, Tommy became a part of the team.

"Tommy, we have three rules to being a ranger. First, never go into battle unless Rita and Zedd force you too. Second, never use your power for personal gain. And finally, keep your identity a secret. Nobody may know that you are a power ranger," Zordon stated.

"Welcome to the team," congratulated Billy, while he shook Tommy's hand. "You are going to be a fine addition to our team."

The orange and pink sirens began to light up and sound. "What's going on Zordon," questioned Aisha.

"My senses tell me that Tommy's powers are limited," Zordon announced. "Rita and Zedd have found a to drain Tommy of his powers."

"How is that even possible?" asked Tommy.

"Tommy, they have lit a green candle and if the flames burn out while in Rita and Zedd's possession, you will lose your powers for good," Zordon explained and he watched Tommy hang his head with disappointment.

"Is there anything that we can do?" Kimberly fretted while she wrapped her arms around Tommy.

"Zordon and I are looking into the matter right now and see what we can do regarding Tommy's power," informed Alpha. "In the meantime, Tommy will have to reserve his powers for the time being. Every battle he goes into will cause the candle to burn at a faster rate."


Author's Note:

Things are just beginning to get interesting now that Tommy's powers are limited. Over the next few chapters Tommy, will begin to sense Rita and Zedd's plans by nightmares and realize that he is going to loose his powers when he has retrieve something that matters to him the most. Do you thing he'll find what it is? In the next few chapters it will also cover some of Tommy's moments as the green ranger. One of those events will be in a new version of the bloom of doom. It will stay close to the original episode but there will be some changes.