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Chapter 10
Kim walked into the kitchen to find Billy working on one of his experiments, the project taking up all the table space.
"Hey, what is it this time?" she asked him.
"It's my mind reading machine," Billy explained.
Kim nodded and took a drink from her coffee cup.
"Does it work yet?" she asked.
He turned and gave her sheepish look.
"That's where I was hoping you would come in," Billy replied.
Her eyes grow in shock. Although, she could not be all that surprised.
"You got to be kidding me," Kim said.
"Please?" Billy asked.
"Well, it's like we have class today," Kim replied.
Billy smiled and threw his arms Kim, almost making her drop her coffee.
"Thank you," he told her.
"Yeah, let's just get this over with," Kim said.
She finds a place for her cup and Billy places a cap on her head that is connected to the machine. He placed the other cap on him as well. Little did they know the machine had been messed with by Squatt and Baboo?
"You ready?" Billy asked.
"Not really, but I'm already in this thing" Kim answered.
He smiled and turned it on. He could tell something was wrong from the start, but there was no way to turn it off. They slowly turn and look at each other when it was over with.
"Billy?" Billy asked.
"Kimberly?" Kim wondered.
"What the fuck?" Billy asked.
And then it hit them. They were not reading each other minds. They had switched bodies.
"Aw," they yelled.
Billy, in Kim's body, began pacing.
"This is bad. Very bad," he said.
"You think?" Kim, in Billy's body, asked.
The machine had to be fixed. And fast.
"You weren't planning on doing anything today, right?" Billy asked.
He watched himself sigh and fall to the couch.
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Trini and Zack were having issues of their own. Rita had placed a spell on Jason and Tommy to hate each other.
"They're going to kill each other if we don't stop them," Tini replied.
Her arms were crossed in worry. Everyone else just seemed to think they were sparring.
"Well it's not like we can call anyone. Our communicators don't work," Zack reminded her.
"Let's see if Billy and Kim are at the apartment," Trini suggested.
"How are we going to get those two to come with us?" Zack asked.
Trini takes a look at the pair in question for a moment.
"I'll get Jason. You get Tommy," she replied.
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Zack and Tommy are already at the door when Jason and Trini show up.
"You didn't say this asshole would be here," Jason said.
"I'm out of here," Tommy replied.
Zack takes a hold of Tommy to prevent him from leaving.
"Oh, no you're not. You need to stop this fighting," he replied.
Trini knocked on the door and waited for it to be answered. Billy, or at least him body, answered.
"We need your help," Trini told him.
"You need help?" Billy asked. "Billy's a bit busy fixing another problem at the moment!"
"Billy? But you're…" Jason began, but then he saw Kimberly working feverishly on Billy's machine.
"What the hell's going on?" Zack asked as they made their way into the apartment.
"We think Rita messed with my mind reading machine," Kim explained.
Tommy shook his head in confusion.
"Yeah, and she's messed with Tommy and Jason," Trini replied.
Their communicators then went off.
"Oh, yeah, now they work," Zack commented sarcastically.
"We read you, Zordon," Trini said.
"Putties are attacking the park," he told them.
Trini gave a frustrated sigh let her arm fall for a moment before picking it back up.
"We're on our way," she replied.
Trini and Zack share a look. Zack then looked at rest.
"Are you all going to be okay?" he asked. Jason and Tommy glanced at each other, then turned away. Kim and Billy gave each other uninsured looks. "This isn't going to end well."
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Zack and Trini were the only ones fighting the putties. Jason and Tommy were too busy fighting each other while Billy and Kim were learning how to fight with new bodies.
"This is hopeless," Trini said.
"We got to keep trying," Zack replied.
Then all of a sudden get a hold of Trini and Kim, while really Billy.
"Let me go," Trini yelled.
One pushed Kim to the ground.
"Hey," she yelled.
Jason and Tommy spotted this.
"Hey putty heads, let them go," Jason commanded.
"Yeah," Tommy added.
Zack walks up to Billy, who of course is Kim.
"He does know that's Billy, right?" he asked.
"Yeah, I don't think now's the time," Kim responded as they were still being attacked.
The spell seemed to lift from Jason and Tommy as they worked together to save Trini and Billy.
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Tommy, Jason, Trini, and Zack sat and watched Kim, well Billy, work on the machine.
"Am I the only one that finds this funny?" Tommy asked. No one answered. "Apparently not."
"I got it," Kim yelled out with happiness.
"Thank God," Billy replied.
The rest get up to watch.
"Are you ready?" Kim asked.
"Like you have to ask that?" Billy replied.
They closed their eyes and waited as Kim pulled the lever. When it was over with, they slowly took off the caps and gave each other a look.
"Well?" Jason asked.
Billy and Kim give a huge smile.
"You did it," Kim yelled in glee, taking Billy in her arms.
"Thank goodness," Trini replied.
"Billy," Kim said as they parted.
"Yeah," he asked with hesitates.
She still had a smile on her face, but he just did not know what she was going to do. Kim seemed happy enough.
"Never again, yeah?" she asked.
"Yeah," Billy agreed. "Sorry."
"It's not your fault, but…" Kim started to say.
"I understand," Billy told her.
There was a moment of silence before they turned back to the others.
"And you two?" Kim asked, looking at Tommy and Jason.
"We're fine," Tommy answered.
"What now?" Zack asked.
"Sleep?" Trini suggested.
They all start to laugh.
"Yeah, I think we all can do with some sleep," Jason agreed.
They said their goodbyes and left.
"So, you're not mad at me?" Billy asked.
"I'm mad, but not at you," Kim told him. "This was all Rita's doing."
With that, they went to their rooms.