A/N: I know I've said this in every single update, but thank you, thank you, and thank you from the bottom of my heart. You're reviews are my motivation and they bring a smile to my face.

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Chapter Ten: Bad Kids

The few seconds that it took Alpha to transport Kimberly from the place she was currently staying to the place that had always been a second home to her, her second sanctuary, Zordon could feel her signature energy growing stronger and stronger as she neared the Command Chamber. Zordon reminisced about why he had chosen her; of all the teenagers in the world there was something about the fourteen year old Valley Girl from Angel Grove that caught his attention. Although she carried herself off as nothing more than a "dumb blonde" with brunette hair Zordon could quickly see right through it. Once chosen Kimberly had remained in that role, but not for long her true personality was beginning to shine and boy was she a fireball. Her witty remarks, even while under a spell, had been humorous to Zordon while her kind charisma had been an asset to her growing wisdom. Her signature energy had felt far fiercer than it had the last time they had seen each other causing the man behind the trapped portal to smile. This was the being he had chosen to carry on the legacy of the Pink Power Ranger and because of her the torch would continue to burn brighter than the sun through Katherine.

"Kimberly." Zordon's voice boomed throughout the Command Chamber as the pink streak disappeared and revealed one of his earth children. "How are you my young Crane?"

"I'm doing great." Looking up Kimberly wore a smile on her face. The last time she had seen her second father was when she had passed on her Power Coin. She has never regretted passing on her powers to Katherine and she never will; it had allowed the Pink Powers to continue and granted her the opportunity to go to Florida, work with one of the best coaches in the world, make amazing new friends with a variety of people from different backgrounds, and have a chance to compete in the Pan Global Games. Even though she was able to complete only three of the four she would only regret a handful of things. One of them was cutting off complete communication with the Command Center. There hadn't been a reason to keep in contact and she was far too busy to even try, but it still hurt. "It's so good to see you and hear your voice."

"I, too, am exceptionally pleased to see you again." Zordon couldn't help the chuckle that escaped his lips. He was known as a desirous being throughout the galaxy and had been for tens of thousands of years, but being in the presence of one of his zealous children had made him feel more like a proud father than an intergalactic god.

Zordon had known about Kimberly's impending parenthood even before she herself knew. He didn't make it known to anyone and until recently he had kept it away from his closest companion, Alpha. It wasn't his place to tell or bombard her with information. When the time came she would tell him and he would wait patiently until his young crane was ready.

How he knew wasn't much of a mystery; he'd kept calculated and descriptive data on everyone not just those that were serving now, but the past Ranger's too. Zack's energy had changed very quickly once he arrived in Switzerland and began to work with other delegates in the World Peace Conference; he had grown more exuberant from saving the planet from evil to saving third world countries from things such as poverty or cholera. Trini's energy has remained calm and meek; she was always the conscience of the group and continues to be just that with Zack by her side and a new group of delegates that she calls friends. Jason's return had been a surprise to everyone even Zordon, and Zordon is one to never be surprised, but perhaps he shouldn't have been. Jason's loyalty was what his signature consisted most of, that's why he had been chosen to lead the first team of Rangers, and when he was asked to return to duty he took the first flight out of Switzerland and came back to fight on his home turf. Which brings us back to the last Ranger to leave, Kimberly. Yes Zordon had known the minute that the sperm and egg had been fertilized. There had been a change in the Morphing Grid, a strong alteration had been made and Alpha was ordered to do a scan on all the ZEO Rangers when everything came back clear the little robot proceeded to scan the energies of past Rangers. Billy, good. Trini, fine. Zack, perfect. Jason, clean. Kimberly, ay ai ai ai ai. They had found the reason why the alarms began to go haywire. Her hearty signature had grown exceptionally in such a short about of time. For a few seconds it had been confusing why a non-present Ranger could carry on such a significant aura. Than it had clicked for the old warrior, it had happened only once before, ten thousand years ago. Kimberly's signature had changed very rapidly and held the same components as a previous Ranger.

Her name had been Zentara and she had been the love of Zordon's life, his soul mate. They had served as Rangers, she the pink and he the white, on the same team and it had been love at first sight. What had started out as a whirl-winded romance had lasted for many years. If the Eltarians believed in such ceremonies as marriage Zordon was sure they would have been married almost instantly, but such a thing wasn't part of their superior knowledge. Even if they weren't married or wore wedding bands, Zordon and Zentara remained committed throughout their entire relationship loving one another with great passion that existed to only a few selected beings. They had experienced a love so grand, but alas it was not meant to last. Zordon had known something had changed when their mentor had gathered the group together informing them that Zentara's energy had shifted, she now had power greater than all of her teammates combined which had also made her a target to the forces of evil. Through the help of Emalani the four other Rangers were, for the first and only time, able to feel each other's signatures. When it came time for Zentara's the wave that escalated off of her body had been the strongest. That was the last time Zordon would hear her heart beating. Soon after Rita had launched an attack, while the Ranger's were in battle Zentara was cornered by the old witch who had lifted her staff and sent red bolts of lightning toward the unmorphed girl killing her immediately. Feeling his connection with her parish instantly Zordon knew something had gone terribly wrong and ran as fast as he could across the jungle where he found her lying on the ground unresponsive. On his knees he lifted her body and brought her into his arms and watched as a white lily flower with a pink center fall from her hand, it was the symbol of a future child and how the Eltarian women told their soul mate that soon their infant would enter their world. Bringing his ear toward her flat stomach Zordon could hear the tiny heartbeats, until they stopped. It was the only time Zordon had cried, he had never felt such defeat or greater loss than he did at that moment. As the time came to let her body set sail across the sea he vowed that he would capture Rita and doom her to her own hell for all eternity. Too bad eternity only lasted ten thousand years.

"What's going on with the Rangers?" Kimberly finally asked after pleasantries had been exchanged.

"That is why I have called you here today." Zordon confirmed her growing suspension. "I'm afraid that Rita and Zedd have somehow put the Ranger's under a spell. It's similar to the one that they've used before."

"Can't teach an old dog new tricks, huh." Kimberly added annoyed with the two villains she spent a good three years trying to defeat. This was the fireball that could make him smile even if circumstances were dire. "Can't we just call transport Aisha over here and have her use her grandmother's necklace?"

"I'm afraid not. Although the similarities could be found, the potion used is also very different. This is where you come in."

"Me?" Kimberly asked surprise.

"Yes." Zordon nodded. "To break the spell you must show everyone that friendship triumphs over enmity."

Rolling over his bed Tommy caught a glimpse at the clock that sat perfectly still on his night stand. He was late for school he knew it and was perfectly content with it. Usually he'd forget to set his alarm and then he'd be late for school cursing at himself for not setting it to ring at 6:30 in the morning, but this time he remembered and just refused to set it.

Knowing that he was going to miss the first couple of classes Tommy less than eagerly slumped out of bed, yawning he slipped on a white t-shirt and exited his room in nothing but that shirt and his green boxers. His mother had already gone to work as a receptionist for a chiropractor's office downtown and his father was sleeping upstairs after his overnight patrolling shift with the police department. Looking into the mirror Tommy stared closely at the reflection staring back and groaned. The damage had been done, lifting his chin he noticed the black blotch that covered his once perfect skin.

"Damn it, Jason." He mumbled making a disgusted face and disgruntled groan. "That's going to take a lot longer to get it back to the way it used to be."

Making his way upstairs he threw on jeans, a white shirt, and a red zip-up sweater before walking out of the room; if he left now he'd make it to school in the middle of the 15 minute break that the school gave in-between second and third period classes.

The walk to school had been uneventful and Tommy had made it sooner than he'd expected with students filing out of classrooms and the halls becoming louder with rambunctious chatter. Reaching his locker he'd usually toss his hooded sweatshirt into his locker and wouldn't see it until the end of the school day, it may have been chilly outside, but the classroom's had the heater on high. Today was different. He would keep it on.

It was going to be an odd Monday. He knew it, Kimberly knew it, and even the students knew it.

Earlier that day Kimberly had witnessed Tanya walk right passed Adam refusing to acknowledge him while Adam mumbled something about the silent treatment being a blessing. She had heard Rocky give advice to the yellow ranger that if she wanted to get on Adam's nerves than the silent treatment was in no way, shape, or form a punishment than added that all she had to do was keep yapping about God knows what. Kimberly was then shocked when Katherine had slapped Billy when he told her that her accent used to be cute now it was just plain annoying, the Australian followed by kicking him in the shins when his retort was "Kitty uses her claws once again." It was going to be a long day and she wasn't sure how she was going to even break the spell. Zordon told her exactly what she needed to do, but things are always easier said than done. In fact, she had yet to see Tommy or Jason and her work was already a large massive mess, so when she finally met up with one of the two she almost wished she hadn't.

I am so not cut out for this, she kept telling herself.

"What happened to your face?" She exclaimed with wide eyes tracing the black and blue formation over his left eye with the tips of his fingers.

"Nothing. This will heal in no time" Jason swayed backward spotting someone in a red hoodie making his way towards him. "Besides you should see what I did to the other guy, Kim. It's going to take a lot longer for him to look the way he used to." Kimberly was about to make a remark that violence was never the answer, but stopped when Jason turned the guy in red sweater around revealed Tommy and the same colored bruise only on his jaw, the Gold Ranger than removed the hoodie from Tommy's head and laughed. "See what I mean?"

Kim's jaw dropped, her eyes went wide, and her small hand covered her mouth after the gasp escaped her lips.

"Oh my god!" She spoke in her own Valley Girl accent. "Your hair!"

She didn't know what else to say. His hair was gone. Well not all of it. He wasn't bald or anything, but the long brown locks were definitely missing. His hairstyle had been shorter than when she had first met him, about Jason or Rocky's length only spiked with gel.

"It's missing in action." Jason finally spoke after containing his laughter.

Tommy had pushed Jason away from him causing his fellow comrade to smack his back against the lockers causing a scene of students to circle around them intrigued.

"Can't be covering it up forever, bro. Remember no hats in class." Jason bit back the laughter that wanted to escape his throat. "Besides, in a couple of months you'll be glad not to have Repunzal locks. Trust me when I say this. You'll be thanking me." He sent a wink to both Kimberly and the Red Ranger.

"Ok, enough." Kimberly grabbed both of them by the arm and pushed them into an open class room. "I'll be right back." Closing the door she was gone for only a few seconds before she pushed Tanya, Katherine, and Billy into the same room. "Stay put and if any of you try to escape so help me I'll…you don't even want to know." She slammed the door this time and was gone a bit longer than the last; when the door finally opened Rocky and Adam entered with their hands held high up in the air surrendering as Kimberly followed behind aiming a water gun at the two that she was holding close to her chest. Ordering them to take a seat she sprayed them with water when they didn't listen. "I said take a seat."

"Alright, alright. No need to get violent." Rocky spoke wiping his face dry.

"Do you guys know why I brought you here?" Kimberly asked.

"You didn't just want to hold us hostage?"

"Or against our wills?"

Katherine and Tanya both spoke and instantly their faces were met with icy cold water from the toy guy in the palm of Kimberly's hands.

"I think Kim might just be a little kinky. Tommy you've seen this side of her?"

That had earned Rocky his second shot to the face from the water blaster.

"Dude, like an orgy?"

Adam say hello to your little friend, again. The icy cold water squirted into his eye.

"Bro, that's my sister!" Jason growled disgusted by his teammate's lack of maturity.

Asking them questions was getting her nowhere.

"You guys are the best of friends."

"Psht. Yeah right." Tommy mumbled. Aiming the green water gun Kimberly pushed the trigger and sent a stream of clear liquid his direction. "Hey!" He protested.

"I wasn't done talking." Kimberly spoke nonchalantly. "As I was saying you guys are best friends who fight against evil on a daily basis. Don't you find it weird how you all hate each other now?"

There was a chorus of no's making Kimberly squirt water at everyone. She rolled her eyes; yeah she wasn't going to ask any further questions that weren't rhetorical.

"Kim, I find your tactic of interrogation futile. I believe-"

"Billy, shut up for a second." Kimberly looked at her friends-slash-hostages. Sure she was keeping them here against their will, but they could easily take her out if they really didn't want to be here. Six of them were Power Rangers for heaven sakes and the one who wasn't used to be. She trained with most of them with the exception of the Yellow and Pink Rangers, but she knew the two had trained with the guys. They could easily over power her and when they didn't she had feeling that they wanted to hear what she had to say. "Just listen to what I have to say. Adam and Rocky both of you guys have been friends with each other since the fourth grade. With Aisha you guys were the Three Musketeers. What would she think if she knew you guys were fighting?" She didn't stop to hear what they would have to say. Answers to questions from the group were pointless and so she continued answering them herself. "She would be so disappointed. You guys did a lot of amazing things. Remember when you guys helped save your teacher's baby? You were the three coolest ninjas around. Well before the Ninjetti that is." She smiled as the group around her chuckled. "Rocky, you have this sense of humor that is just out of this world and Adam you are about the most sweetest and most caring guy I have ever come to know. You've guys been through thick and thin, changing schools, replacing old teammates, taking over the co-teaching karate classes at the Juice Bar, being rookies, teaching the new girls how to battle. You two have accomplished so much and you're just going to throw it away because of some stupid spell Rita put you under?"

Rocky and Adam looked at each other each sporting a sheepish smile understanding for the first time what Kimberly was trying to get them to see.

"I'm sorry for all the things I said, Rocky. I didn't mean any of them."

"Man, I'm sorry too. I should have never assumed that you'd try and get me killed." Rocky added.

"I would never do that. I guess the spell made us do crazy things against our better judgment, huh."

"Got that right, Ad."

Rocky held out his hand and made his hand into a fist while Adam did the same knocking them together their friendship united with the sealed deal of a fist bump.

"Well isn't that adorable." Katherine rolled her eyes.

"They kissed and made-up." Tanya paid no attention to anything but her nails.

"Oh you two." Kimberly did her best to sound like a perky Valley Girl. "Don't think I've forgotten about my successor or the successor of one of my best friends."She took a step forward to the two girls who were obviously taller than she and still would be if Kim was wearing four inch heels.

"Kim, be a dear, and stop with trying to fix things." Kat purred.

"Don't try and fix something that isn't broken." Tanya agreed.

"Ooh. Meow." Kim clawed at both of them. "You know I think Rita picked the wrong girl to turn into a cat." She paused for a moment; getting these two out of the spell was going to be a lot more difficult than it had been with Rocky and Adam. She had spent time with the now green and blue ranger; watched them bond over many things, Tanya and Katherine not so much. "The two of you came into being Power Ranger's during a very close time span. I had just left and Kat served only, what, like two months as the Pink Mighty Morphine PowerRanger?" She looked around the room as they all nodded. "Then Aisha leaves to save the Animal Kingdom in Africa and Tanya comes to replace her. Both of you were new and there wasn't another experience female ranger to lean on when things got tough. You girls got stuck with guys." Turning her head to the side Kimberly looked at the five guys in the room. "No offense. I love you all, but it's not the same talking to you as it would a girl." Looking back at Tanya and Katherine she smiled. "You know you're like Trini and me. Of course everyone was new to the Power Ranger thing, but Tri and I leaned on each other for everything just like I'm sure the both of you lean on each other when things get a little bit messy or the boys are driving you up the wall. You're working with 5 out of 6 of the guys I teamed with and, girls, trust me I know just how they can me." Turning to look at the boys she smiled. "No offense." She turned her attention once again to the girls and grabbed hold of their hands. "You don't want something like this to ruin your friendship. Trust me when something bad goes down you want your best friend to be there for you. To hold you when you cry because you made some stupid mistake, to tell you that everything is going to be alright even when you know that it won't be, to reassure you that you're not an idiot for letting something great slip from your finger tips, and to tell all of your deepest darkest fears and secrets. You're best friend will be there for you for all those times. Again, I'm speaking from experience. I had two of my best girl friends stay on the phone for hours with me while I cried and you know what they did? They didn't complain about the time zones or the fact that it might be daylight out for me, but past midnight for them. They made me laugh about something stupid and told me everything was going to be ok."

"Is everything ok?" Tanya asked.

"No." Kimberly spoke truthfully knowing that it might dash some of their hopes. "Not at the moment."

"Will it ever be alright?" Katherine asked.

"Yeah, I think it will with time." Kimberly replied patting both their hands and watching as the two girls looked at each other smiling and jumping into each other's arms hugging and apologizing for the way the other was acting.

"Four down, three to go." Kimberly looked at the guys who used to be her teammates. Just add in Zach and there was a guy reunion. She watched Billy look at the others and put his head down in shame. He always felt like the third wheel or in his case the fifth and seventh. He'd also seemed less effected by the spell than any of the others. "Billy, what's the matter?"

"Besides their lack of intelligence?"

"Now that's not the Billy I know."

"You're not the Kim remember either." He would have easily made a remark about how the Kimberly he knew would never break up with Tommy through a letter, hell the Kimberly he knew would never I mean never break up with Tommy. He wasn't able to put in his two cents because she quickly stopped him from saying another word.

"I may not be, but Billy you've always been a better person than me." She hadn't hinted at all toward the letter, but the sentiment was there and if anyone had caught on to it it would be Billy. "Or at least the Billy I know and love is. He's in there somewhere, buried beneath the effects of Zedd's spell. Are you really going to let some incompetent villain take control of you? You're smarter than he is, kinder than he is, filled with wisdom that is beyond this earth's intelligence." She reached to touch his cheek. "I can see it in your eyes, you're in there and all you have to do is fight. You can come out victorious, but first you have to tell me what's on your mind."

Someway somehow, Billy wasn't even sure how it was possible, but the effects of the potion had slowly deteriorated. "Trini used to be my best friend. I know she was yours too, but she was the only one who truly understood me."

"She misses you too you know. I talked with her the other night and we started talking about you. All the cool devices you helped make, if it wasn't for you than we wouldn't be alive. You helped save parents, Jason, and me."

"Yeah, I guess."

"But?"

"But I don't have a best friend with me anymore. It's always Adam and Rocky, Tanya and Katherine, Jason and Tommy that go in pairs and I'm always just Billy. I don't have a best friend."

"What you talking about, Willis?" Kimberly smiled. She remembered when they had been younger and watched a Different Strokes marathon on TV; his mother had always called him William and Kimberly had mentioned how closely the spelling was to Willis. It had been their inside joke that not one in their group understood. "You have five best friends; one of them is me, which grew up with you. We were in all the same classes up until freshman year, but you were never alone. Than Tommy came along, followed by our three musketeers, and lastly the new additions to an ever growing family. You're one of the luckiest guys I know. You can turn to any of us and we all turn to you."

"Really?"

"Really." Kim nodded.

"Yeah Billy you'll always have us." Katherine spoke as she and Tanya pressed kisses on each sides of his cheek.

"You won't be able to get rid of us." Rocky added.

Almost everyone was back to normal, almost. She still had Tommy and Jason and she knew that these two could be the easiest to break or the hardest. They had so much history between the them she wasn't sure of which it would be.

Jason had looked at Tommy and snickered. Sure he had a black eye, but the shiner on his ex-friends chin had been there for two reasons: One, he had slept with the girl who was like a little sister and two, he had knocked up said little sister. Ah, it was a nice feeling to finally hit something that wasn't a punching bag and Jason earned a greater sense of satisfaction that it had been his ex-best bro's face.

Tommy had looked at Jason, the man who had attacked him with scissors. Sure he may have followed him into the house after Jason had asked him to leave when Tommy had slugged him in the face, but he asked for it. Jason socked him for no apparent reason other than stating that he should have left when he told him to. So maybe going inside the Scott Residence hadn't been his brightest idea, but he wanted to make sure Kim was alright. She was awfully upset with them and he couldn't bear to stand the thought of her being angry at him. So, yeah, he had followed her inside, ignored Jason's threats, and was almost at her door when he felt Jason grab onto his ponytail and swoosh, snip it was all gone. There had been no way to fix his hair, his mother had tried and failed miserably. Jason had cut at jagged angles that the only way to fix his problem was to retrieve the hair clipper kit and start from scratch. Tommy hadn't had his hair this short since he was four.

"How are my two favorite leaders?" Kimberly finally asked. "Ready to be friends again?"

"Yeah right. After what he did?" Jason spoke first angrily.

"What I did? What you did! Look at my hair!"

"Geez, bro, you complain more about your hair than Kimberly does about hers."

"Jase! My hair?" He pointed his hand firmly to his short spiked head. "You cut it."

"Man, it'll grow back. Besides, like I said last night it's for the best."

"Tell me how it's for the best because you haven't even given me a good enough reason."

"Just trust me."

"Trust you? You got to be kidding me." Tommy stood from his seat sending the chair back while it screeched at the linoleum.

This one was going to be the hard one Kimberly thought. "Alright, guys." She stepped between the two and held her arms far out. "Jason, what you did to Tommy's hair was really, really bad." Turning her head from side to side she couldn't help but find Tommy's new look appealing. Sure she had loved his longer locks, but there was something about the way his shorter cut made him look and in turn made her feel, all tingly inside; her hormones were all over the place. "Tommy what you did with Jason's face was bad."

"He hit me first." Tommy quickly said. No way was he going to get blamed for all of this.

"You punched back."

"You cut off all my hair!"

"You were trespassing on private property. You're lucky I didn't have you arrested."

"Kim invited me."

"Kim's delirious in the mental state she's in."

Kim stood in front of Jason with her back to Tommy and punched her former leader in the arm, hard. No way in hell she was going to let Jason call her insane and get away with it. Pregnant yes, insane no.

"Guys, seriously, stop. You two have been through so much together. You both are exceptional leaders. You have saved the world more times than I can even try and count. You've saved it from evil monsters, crazy lunatic putties, a gold monkey with wings, from evil rangers including Tommy-" Tommy winced at the past he wished to forget, but Kimberly knew he needed to hear this just like Jason needed to hear what she had to say next. "That time that you didn't retrieve the green candle. Sure it hurts like hell to know that there are some things that we wish we could all do differently, but you know what? It makes us stronger people and in your case stronger leaders. Tommy you came back as a hero cloaked in white, your past vengeances as the evil green ranger redeemed and forgiven by all the great deeds you've done. No one thinks back and remembers the Green Ranger for destroying Angel Grove, but they remember him because he overcame the evil and joined the side of good. Jason, you came back to the Rangers when they needed you the most. You are stronger than most of us ever will be because of it. Today, if Tommy asked me to come back to the team I would tell him thanks, but no thanks. I know if Zordon asked me personally to come back and resume my duties I still wouldn't do it. But you, Jason are greater and stronger than we all give you credit for. You guys are so great while you're apart, but when your friendship is combined and plays a huge role than the both of you are an unbreakable, unbeatable force that sends all the bad guys running for the hills. It's pretty intimidating. Remember you overcame a spell like this before when Rita made you despise each other. You did it then and you can do it now because you're stronger and because I believe in you."

"Bro?"

"Yeah, Jase?"

"I'm sorry about the hair."

"Don't worry about it, man."

"No, Tommy, I really am. I shouldn't have done that."

"You know what?"

"What?" Jason asked.

"You told me to trust you and I trust you."

"Bros?" Jason extended his fist in the same manner that Rocky had with Adam.

"Bros." Tommy nodded connecting his fist with Jason's.

"And all is right with the world." Kimberly replied standing up and tossing the water gun in the trash can. "You guys are free to go." She told them opening the door when the bell rang. They all filed out slowly thanking her for her mini intervention until it was just her and the two other remaining bodies.

"You know." Jason spoke bringing Kimberly into him wrapping his left arm around her shoulder. "As long as I got my sister from another mister and my brother from another mother-"He put his right arm around Tommy's shoulder contently. "I'll be a.o.k."

"Awe, Jase, that was so sweet." Tommy joked pretending to wipe tears from his eyes.

"I think he's in love with us." Kimberly added.

Jason scoffed, but didn't say a word.

"We love you, too, Jase!" Both Kimberly and Tommy chimed making their way out of the class room.

A/N: There it is. What did you all think? I wanted to do something light before I got into the heavier stuff. Tommy finds out soon! It's all planned out. Chapter 12-14 it starts to get intense and Tommy finds out about the baby in one of those chapters. Which one? I'm not telling *evil laugh* One more light chapter with def Tommy/Kim interaction ahead.

Name of chapter: Song by Lady Gaga.

Oh yeah, and Happy Halloween!