Tommy laid on the floor as he was enjoying the hugs and kisses he was getting from Maya. A tumble of blonde hair fell into his face which smelled like watermelon shampoo. Her locks were warm with reddish colors and butterscotch. It gave Maya some warmth, complementing her pale face instead of making her appear washed-out. "Kermit wanted to marry Kimberly," Maya sniffed as Tommy gave her a kiss. "But, they couldn't agree on a dress. She's been telling him she doesn't like the dress to buy you time to find us. She says after she's tried on the last ten dresses, Kermit is going to decide what she's going to wear if she can't make up her mind."
"Maya, I know that he wanted to marry her," Tommy admitted scooping Maya up in his arms and locking the door. He walked over to a recliner and took a seat. "I hate the idea myself-"
"-so, do Kimberly and me," Maya stated snuggling into Tommy's chest. At this time, she didn't care that he looked like the Kermit the Frog. All that mattered to her that he was there. "You want to marry her, don't you?"
"Of course, I do," Tommy smiled enjoying the feel of Maya's hair and skin on his bare chest. "That's something I been ready for the last several months-"
"-you said you're ready?" Maya hinted with a smirk on her face. "Well, prove you are ready right now."
"Meaning marry her now? -"
"-yes, marry her right now," Maya repeated tucking hair behind her ear. "There's ten dresses left in that closet. Go pick her out a dress-"
"-Maya, we've never went shopping for clothes. I don't have any idea what type of wedding dress she'd like-"
"-Well, I do," Maya smiled wiggling out of his arms. "All she's talked about is wanting to marry you instead of Kermit. She's said she's wanted a whitish-pink strapless Cinderella gown. She wants the skirt floor length, big and puffy. Kimberly wants her hair in a ballet dancer bun."
"What were Kermit's plans for this wedding?" Tommy questioned as he opened a closet and found it full over tuxedos. He grabbed a white dress shirt, a whitish-beige suit, a pink tie, and a pink dress vest. "We need to go along with them."
"I was supposed to walk her down the aisle and be her maid of honor," Maya admitted watching his chocolate eyes widen and jaw drop. "I didn't want to do it. But, I'll be happy to do it for you-"
"-Maya, I have a change of plans," Tommy revealed going behind a mirror changing screen. "If she knew it was really me, she'd want to leave, and we'd be caught for sure-"
"-but, she won't marry Kermit-"
"-Maya," Tommy interrupted walking out in his white tuxedo. "She will if she believes I was destroyed and the only way to get you back is to walk the aisle and marry him."
Maya took a seat and got comfortable. "How will she find out that it's you," she questioned.
"When we exchange vows, I'll tell her I'm thrilled to have found you both and I love you and want to help her raise you-"
"-she'll never buy that-"
"-she will after we're officially married, and we share a kiss. The moment her lips touch mine, the potion will wear off and I'll be in my normal form."
Constructed from quarry rock, the basements walls were thicker than a medieval castle, but the building on top was just wood. Close to the low ceiling, just underneath the old and rotting beams that suspended the floor above are windows, long and thin, mostly covered in soil that lightened the darkness below. "MAYA!" Kimberly screamed banging on the walls with her fist. "MAYA!"
She had pounded on the walls for hours in frustration after Maya was snatched out of her arms. With a breaking heart she had to watch her niece scream and cry for her as Rita drug her up the stairs. Then shortly after Maya was taken for her, Zedd had told her Tommy was destroyed. Her face was stained with tears and her doe eyes were pink and puffy. Things couldn't get any worse.
The door opened and a frog like human hopped down the stairs in a white tuxedo and a matching pink tie and dress vest. "Come up stairs," he demanded grabbing her arm. "You need to try on a dress-"
"-where is Maya!? You'd better not have done something to her-"
"-beautiful, I haven't done anything to her-"
SMACK! She slapped him across the face as hard she could. "-Only, Tommy called me that name," she shouted stepping as hard as she could on his foot. "Where is Maya?!"
"Upstairs," he replied scooping her up in his arms and hopping up the stair case.
The light got brighter and brighter as she was taken up the stairs. Finally, at the end of tunnel, she saw Maya sitting in chair. For some reason Maya wasn't screaming or crying. She just looked scared and appeared to be holding back something. Kimberly could tell by the way Maya was squeezing her necklace and refusing to look at her. She knew if Maya was squeezing her necklace, it meant Maya was nervous. And when Maya refused to look at her, she knew that Maya was lying to her. Rita and Zedd were standing there at each door way so she couldn't grab Maya and run.
"You're getting married right now," Maya quickly cautioned and before Kimberly could make eye contact with her, she turned away.
"I'd never marry you, Kermit?" she spat as he pecked her on the cheek. For some reason his kissed her it felt like a special "Tommy" kiss. Soft lips, fresh minty breath, and pleasant. Kermit even smelled like bar dial soap, shaving cream, and roll hammer and arm deodorant. Kermit had tried to kiss her when he made her try on the first dress. But, he had morning breath and she could smell his body odor. The two smells combined made her vomit all over him that. "I never-"
"-If you don't, I'm taking Maya!" he interrupted hopping around her. "If you want Maya, you have to walk down the aisle and marry me."
"Please, do it," Maya encouraged as tears formed in her blue eyes. Hers eyes met Kimberly's and for some reason Maya had either been threatened or persuaded to go along with it. "Please, do it! I'm begging you, do it for me!"
"What is your answer?" Zedd asked aiming his Z staff at Maya. "Either you marry him, or you lose your precious little niece!"
She noticed something that looked like a Zeonizer on Kermit's wrist. It had to be Tommy, or he had stolen the Zeonizer. Whatever this was, it was being sat up well to fool someone? "Okay, I'll do it," Kimberly agreed. What else could she do? She was powerless and couldn't morph or teleport. If Tommy was truly destroyed, Maya was all she had left. And she couldn't stand the thought of losing her.
"Wise choice," Rita grinned watching her stand there helpless. "You need to start getting ready."
Maya followed Tommy back into the private room and took a seat on the bed. "Do I have to wear one of those tight itchy dress?" she asked. "I would prefer not to wear something uncomfortable."
"Maya, I think you look nice in your jeans and purple cardigan. Besides, they don't have any dressed that would fit you anyway," Tommy explained as he sat next to her and put his arms around her. "I am trying to get you and Kim out as quickly as I can. I've contacted the other rangers and they are going to be there disguised as putties."
"I just hope Kim doesn't know it's me," he whispered when Maya crawled up in his lap. "I accidently called her beautiful when I went down to the basement to get her. She slapped me across the face-"
"-are you serious?!" Maya gasped as she saw Tommy's cheek was red. "I wondered what happened to your face-"
He took his black shoe off and showed her his bruised foot. "-she also stepped on my foot as hard as she could. And she was wearing heels," Tommy revealed as Maya went into the bath room. Several minutes later she came out dragging a bucket of water. "Maya how were you able to lift that in and out of the tub?"
"Easy, I got several cups of warm water and dumped them in," she smiled as she finished dragging the bucket over to his foot. "I thought you could soak your foot in the warm water. That was something my mom used to do when she came home from the dinner. She always has sore feet from walking around for several hours."
Kimberly stood behind the mirror board changing station only in a pair of white silky lacy panties and a pair of sliver ankle t-strap high heel shoes. "I can't believe I am doing this?" she thought wiping her tears. She hated the fact she'd be walking down the aisle having no idea who she'd be marrying. Tommy or Kermit. Part of her hoped it was Tommy. If Tommy was still out there, he would have gotten them out by now. But, if it was really him, why would he keep Maya away from her? If it was Kermit like she feared, she knew that marriage wouldn't last. He'd leave her like he did Katy and she knew Maya would be hurt all over again. "Tommy, I hope you're still out there somewhere." She grabbed a white silk robe and slipped it on over her lingerie's.
After slipping the robe on she stepped out from behind the mirror changing station and to go get her hair fixed for the wedding. However, she had no say in how her hair would be fixed. The beautician was already in the room and had her take a seat. The beautician was a putty and never said anything. The whole time, Kimberly feared the putty would give her the worst hair cut that there ever was. Instead, they fixed it like she always dreamed it would look like. Her hair curled and twisted in a ballet dancer bun with her long bangs hanging loose. As soon as her hair was fixed another putty walked into the room.
The other putty opened a closet and got out a beautiful strapless pink gown. It was layer in pink chiffon and it had black embroidered flowers that really made it stand out. She took the dress behind the changing station and got dressed. The two putties walked in and zipped the back of her dress up. Kimberly stared at herself for several minutes. Her dress was low cut and a lot cleavage was showing. The gown was floor length and the skirt were puffed out.
Zedd walked into the room and grabbed her by wrist. "It's time you walk the aisle," he hissed sinking his claws into her skin. "Kermit is waiting for you."
Tommy wait at the end of the altar with Maya standing beside him. "You are scared?" she whispered seeing that Rita walking standing at the entrance. Outside of the entrance there were tengas and putties guarding the place. They had orders to keep Tommy and the Zeo rangers out. Zedd even went as far to put up force field that the rangers couldn't get through. The device that was activating the force field was behind a plant guarded by a putty. "Why is that putty standing by a device?"
"That's actually Billy," Tommy whispered back. "He's going to let the force field down so Rocky, Adam, and Jason can get in. Kat and Tanya were posing as putties and they were the ones who helped Kim get are hiding in a closet since the potion they drank wore off-"
"-are they in here?"
"-yes, both are in this wedding chapel," Tommy answered in a quiet tone. "I just hope we can pull this off."
He watched as Zedd walked in with Kimberly behind him. She was so beautiful in her pink gown. Kimberly's eyes glistened with tears as Zedd walked her down the aisle. The putty posed as Billy had a camera around his neck and was starting to snap pictures.
The justice of the peace stood in front of the room very confused. He had never done a wedding where there were people dressed in Halloween costumes and many of the guests were outside standing around for some strange reason.