It had been a long day. Kim was ready to go home and take a nice hot bath. Instead of leaving at five o'clock, like she normally did, she had decided to help the kitchen staff since they were short in workers.
Kim thought over her entire day, especially the afternoon. Considering she hadn't taken her prescription, she felt pretty damn good. So far she hadn't had any of the unbearable headaches or pains; nothing. She was even starting to debate over asking Nick if she could stop taking it all together.
Kim stepped out into night; the cool air was washing over her heated face. The only source of light was the stars shinning overhead.
Kim was digging through her purse, looking for her keys, when she heard a strange noise. Stopping dead in her tracks, she cautiously looked behind her.
Nothing.
Seeing that she was alone, she continued the journey to her car, only to stop a few seconds later. This time, she turned completely around with her arms raised to protect herself. Seeing nothing once again, she turned back around and started to walk faster to her car. She was almost there, when something jumped out in front of her.
Kim jumped and looked down at the small animal that had just jumped in front of her- it was a toad. Hand over her heart, she tried to get her breathing under control. For such a small animal, it had given her quite a fright. Safely in her car, she was about to put her seatbelt on when an image flashed into her mind…
Kim watched as a gigantic toad unrolled his disgusting tongue and captured Jason. Jason screamed as he was being eaten by the toad. Kim started forward, trying to think of a way to save Jason, stopping, only when she realized that if she got to close, the toad would try to eat her next. As she watched the monster digest her friend she noticed an unusual pattern on his neck.
Kim turned to Billy and said, "Take a look at his neck, I'll bet that's his weak spot."
The toad then began to charge towards them, muttering something about dessert. Kim heard Billy say from her right that he could get the toad with his blade blaster if they switched positions. While they swapped, the toad took advantage and sucker punched them both.
They both fell to the ground, but Billy was the first to recover.
"He's mine!" Billy declared as he leapt into the air.
Kim shouted a caution at him, but it was too late. The toad's tongue shot out and captured him. She watched as Billy was devoured by the toad, shouting his name as if he could hear her.
As she was pulling up her power bow to deliver an arrow to the evil toad, she was pushed by a baboon. As the baboon and toad advanced, Kim lost all patience. She fired three arrows at the toad, striking him in the neck. She then shot some more arrows, once again striking the toad, but this time she released her friends. Each of her newly freed teammates dealt a blow to the toad, but it was Kim who dealt the last one. She fired an arrow that the toad swallowed, causing it to blow up.
While twirling her power bow she said, "Nobody messes with my friends."
Kim's hands were gripping the steering wheel as she recovered from the shock of the dreamlike vision. Where had it come from and how did she know exactly who the people in it were? Jason and Billy had both been wearing a mask.
She was, however, forced to put such questions aside, as her cell phone rang. Kim checked the caller id and saw that it was Nick. He had been calling every ten minutes for the last hour, wondering where she was.
Not wanting to deal with him, Kim ignored the call, started the car, and began the drive to her home and most likely to her pissed off husband.
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Tommy sat in his office pouring over his computer, trying to find something that might help his problem with Kim. He picked up the orange bottle for what felt like the millionth time that night. Twirling the tiny container in his hand, he read the prescription: take a pill with every meal.
Finally giving up, Tommy picked up the phone and dialed the number that Jason had given him. It rang a couple of times before a familiar voice answered.
"Cranston residence, Billy speaking."
"Hey Billy, it Tommy," he said tentatively
Billy's eyes widened as he heard the familiar voice. "Tommy? Man I haven't heard from you a blue moon. How have you been?"
Tommy laughed at the old joke. When Billy had become the blue ninja ranger he had begun to use the phrase 'blue moon'. "I've been fine, teaching can be a hassle, but I love it."
They exchanged pleasantries for about an hour. Since leaving the team, Billy had opened his own lab, which was flourishing. He had also discovered a rare element that could be manipulated into almost anything and he had gotten married to a wonderful scientist named Holly, who was currently pregnant with twins.
"It's a handful sometimes, but I wouldn't have it any other way," Billy finished, as he switched the phone from one hand to the other.
Tommy lapsed into silence; he was trying to form a plan in his mind of bringing the subject of Kim up. Billy, however, was the first to lead into the subject.
"So, tell me why you really called, Tommy? Don't say it's because you just wanted to talk, because I know better than that. Besides if you wanted to talk you would have called earlier."
Tommy frowned; he had forgotten how Billy could always tell when something was wrong. Taking a deep. breath Tommy began to explain. "It's Kim. She recently moved here and she doesn't remember me at all. She doesn't even remember about our time as rangers. I think that her husband is behind this and so I kind of took her medication and was wondering if you could test it."
Tommy heard Billy sigh before he responded. "I was wondering when Kim was going to be brought up. Jason told me that you and she had had a run in. We have also been wondering what is going on with her and I for one, would like to get to the bottom of it. If you send a small dose of the medication over to the lab I will test it myself and get the results back to you."
Tommy thanked Billy for all his help and then hung the phone up, but he didn't go to bed. Instead, he went into the kitchen to get himself a glass of water. As he poured a glass he wondered how Kim was doing without her medication. He prayed to God that it was the medication that was causing her to lose her memory. If not, if he was wrong then there was a real chance that he was putting her through pain. That was a thought that he couldn't bare.
Staring out the window, Tommy thought of all the things that he and Kim had been through. He wondered what would happen if it was revealed that Nick was the culprit. His mind entertained the thought of Kim getting a divorce from the bastard and running into his open and waiting arms. Despite knowing he couldn't think about her like that, it was too difficult to resist. He realized that he was in love with her, he wondered if he had ever stopped. So he didn't have a choice but to save her. He just wished he knew what he was protecting her from.
Tommy finally realized how tired he was as the clock struck midnight. Knowing he had a test to give the following day he decided that he had better get to sleep. As he found some much needed rest, his dreams were filled with Kim. Little did he know that on the other side of town, her dreams were also filled with him…
Hello everyone, I hope that you are enjoying the story thus far. I hope that it's going to get intresting soon, so be prepared. As always brownie points if you can tall me what Kim's vision is from, episode title please. Anyway I'm busy working on Chapter 10 and hope to update by early next week. See ya'll soon :)
