The first semester went by quickly. Tommy and Kimberly celebrated their first wedding anniversary in Paris (since it was over the Thanksgiving holidays), and Jason returned as the gold ranger. Jason formed a close relationship with Willie. When the second semester began all the rangers got their new schedules. Willie, Rocky, Adam, and Jason had four karate classes together. Willie took three music classes with Tanya and Kat. Willie and Kat were getting serious about each other and were going on more date.

Rocky, Adam, and Jason had the same schedule all day. Willie was with Kat and Tanya in the afternoons and he was with Rocky, Adam, and Jason in the mornings. Kat and Tanya had English 4 with Rocky, Adam, Willie and Jason fifth period. All of them had the same lunch period. However, Tommy and Kimberly didn't have any classes with the other rangers and they didn't have the same lunch period as the other rangers. But, they both had the same schedule all day. They had Ms. Appleby first period, advanced swimming second, third, and fourth period, track and field fifth period, Intro. to Paleontology sixth and seventh period, and study hall eight period.

"Do you have Bulk and Skull in any of your classes this semester?" asked Willie.

"No, we don't," answered Tommy. "I'm glad because they wouldn't leave Kimberly alone. Did I tell you that they pulled the strings on her bikini in our water aerobics/aqua jogging class?"

"Yes," replied Kat. "That was so cruel. They are still having to stay in day time detention for going into Ms. Appleby's room during her planning period. They skipped one of their classes. Ms. Appleby had a meeting and had to leave the room. Bulk and Skull went into her classroom."

"What did they do?" questioned Tommy.

"They trashed her room," answered Adam. "They had art the period before and they stole paint from the art cabinet. When they went into her classroom, they had a huge paint fight. Paint was on the desks, the chalk board, Ms. Appleby's desk, the floor, the windows and the ceiling. They even painted on her door. When she came back to her room, she couldn't get in the room. She called Mr. Kaplan and told them Bulk and Skull locked her out of her room. He has a key to every room in this building. He let her in her classroom and they found the huge mess. Mr. Kaplan made them stay in day time detention for a class period this semester."

"Did anyone see the purple men on TV last night?" asked Rocky. "They look like the ooze men, that Ivan Ooze had."

"I thought they were in Paris," gasped Kimberly.

"They are here now," confirmed Tanya."They live in the sewers and walk about the streets at night. They only come out during the day if it is foggy, cloudy, or really cold."

"I bet we'll be fighting them," guessed Jason.

"More than likely," stated Tommy.

"We can handle them," said Kat. "All of us are going to miss having lunch with you two everyday."

"I bet you two enjoy having classes together," added Jason. "You always seemed to like it before."

"We love it," smiled Tommy. "I'm with Kim all day and we get to study together. We still sit together every period."

"You do realize if it really cold, foggy, or cloudy, you could run into the oozemen on the track," warned Willie.

"Willie, Kim and I will be fine," reassured Tommy. "We went to the mall the other night and bought clothes to wear in track field class, we're home alone for the next several days. My parents are out of town for business meetings."

"Just don't say we didn't warn you," warned Willie.

The Next Morning

Tommy got up early since he had to fix breakfast both him and Kimberly. When he got up, he turned the TV on to watch the weather. It was down in the single digits, it was cloudy, and it was going to be windy. It concerned him because he knew Kimberly would freak when she found out what the weather was like. Tommy was also up with Kimberly until 11:30 the previous night. She was scared about being attacked by ooze men or seeing them. After Tommy made eggs, bacon, and sausage, he woke Kimberly up. They ate breakfast in silence. Tommy didn't want to say the wrong thing to upset Kimberly and she didn't want him to know she was scared of the ooze men. He noticed Kimberly wanted him to stay with her ever since she woke up. They quickly got their showers and brush their teeth.

"We need to dress warm, since it is cold today."

"Tommy, will the ooze men be out today?"

"If they are upsetting this much, we can stay home from school. I'll say you were sick today and I was home taking care of you. Since I married to you, I can stay home with you if your sick."

"I'm not sick."

"I know, it is an excuse I'll used so we won't have an unexcused absent from school."

"We should go on to school."

"Beautiful, are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

Tommy opened the closet and they laid out the clothes that they were going to wear to school. Tommy laid out his red and black wind suit and his red turtle neck. Then he laid out Kimberly's black and pink wind suit and her pale pink turtle of them quickly got dressed and grabbed their book bags. Tommy grabbed his red coat and Kimberly's pink coat before they left for school. He drove them to school. Since they were running late, they had to go straight to class. Both of them made it to class before the bell rang.

Fifth Period Track and Field

Tommy was relieved that there wasn't much talk about the ooze men. But, he was dreading their track and field class. The reason was because they would be outside and the running track was close to a sewer. Both of them ate lunch in silence. Kimberly was still dreading being outside near the sewer and Tommy knew that she'd be freaking out. After they ate their lunch they went to their locker room to get dressed to go out side.

"Tommy, we do we have to go outside? It is in the single digits, it's windy, and cloudy outside."

"Take that up with Coach Rice. He makes the rules."

"That's what I'm saying, we're outside almost everyday."

"Beautiful, that is why he makes wear athletic suits everyday."

"I don't see him outside on the track. All he does is sit on the bleachers."

"Beautiful, we need to get dressed or we'll be late. We can't afford to have points taken off."

Tommy opened his locker and got out green nylon running pants, a white tee shirt, and a green hooded sweatshirt. He quickly changed his clothes.

"Kimberly, you need to get dressed."

Kimberly opened her locker and got out pink nylon running pants, a white tee shirt, and a pink hooded sweatshirt. She quickly changed her clothes and they went into the gym to wait for Coach Rice.

"Tommy, have you noticed that Coach Rice only wears purple and he was just hired this semester?"

"Yes, I've noticed."

"What if he's an ooze man?"

"I'll believe it when I see it."

Kimberly got up and moved after he made that remark. Tommy could tell that it really hurt her feelings. But, he thought that she was just assuming things because Irwin (Pierre and Caroline's butler) was an ooze man. There was no way a teacher in their school was an ooze man. He knew Mr. Kaplan did back ground checks on every teacher he hired.

"Okay, class we're going outside," declared Coach Rice.

"It's really cold outside," stated a student. "We'll get sick."

"That's why I require everyone to wear an athletic suit everyday," replied Coach Rice.

"They aren't warm enough," added another student.

"We're going outside!" yelled Coach Rice.

The whole class lined up and walked outside to the running track. A lot of students were walking and they were huddled together to try to stay warm. Tommy noticed that Kimberly was walking alone on the track and she looked really cold. He noticed that she stopped when she got to a bush. Tommy quickly made his way to where she was standing.

"What are you doing?"

"I told you there is something not right about the coach. I see him walking over to the sewer."

Tommy looked over to the sewer and saw the coach walk through the entrance of the sewer. The entrance was an old train tunnel that was flooded. He contacted the other rangers and Zordon. Only Zordon answered and he advised Kimberly and Tommy to follow.

"We're actually going in the sewer!?"

"Yes, Beautiful. We are."

"It's filthy and anything could be in there. You expect me to walk through the sewer water if there isn't side walk inside?"

"That was my plan."

"Tommy, it will ruin my PE shoes, my socks, and my outfit!"

"Zordon told me to explore it, so that's what we're going to do. How bad could it be?"

Kimberly followed Tommy to the entrance of the sewer. The water looked polluted and dirty. Tommy stepped down into the water and Kimberly followed him.

"Tommy, maybe we should hold hands so we don't get separated."

"Good idea."

He took hold of Kimberly's hand and the walked through the entrance. The inside of the sewer was lit up and there was side walk on the left side and on the right side of the sewer. There were small stair cases on left and right side and there were two tunnels on each side. There was a tunnel that went straight and it didn't have a side walk.

"Which way should we go?"

"The tunnels that have a side walk would be nice."

"Let's try the left side first."

They got up on the left side of the tunnel and walked up the stairs. Tommy suggested that they tried the first tunnel first, but it was blocked off. Then they tried the tunnel next to it. And it was blocked off.

"Tommy, can we try the right side?"

They walked down the stairs and got back into the water; they walked over to the side walk on the right side. Both of them walked up the stair case and checked the two tunnel. Those two tunnels were blocked off.

"Beautiful, I think we'll have to keep going straight."

They walked down the stair case, got off the side walk, and stepped back into the water. Both of them started walking though the middle tunnel. It was very long and kept going straight. Finally, after a ten minute walk they came to a room with four tunnels. Each tunnel was labeled. Tunnel one was the exit tunnel, tunnel two was to warehouse, tunnel three was to the ooze conference room, tunnel four was to city dump.

"Which one do you want to go through first?"

"We're going to the ooze conference room."

"Tommy, I knew you were going to say that."

"We need to find out information."

They walked a sort distance and below them was a ladder.

"We need to sit down, so we won't be seen."

Both of them took a seat and listened to the ooze people talk.

"How is the jar of ooze that can revive Ivan?" asked one of the ooze men, who sounded like Irwin. "Is it safe?"

"Yes, it was brought to Angel Grove last week," answered Coach Rice. "It made it from Paris safe and Reefside Construction site is flooded and there isn't another place in Reefside to keep it from getting in the wrong hands."

"The ooze is still being worked on," stated an ooze man. "It still needs to be in the dark and not exposed to light for a few more months."

"We have to be careful that the machine empire and the power rangers don't interfere," warned Irwin. "The former pink and white ranger were spying on me. We can't let anyone know where the ooze is."

"I'm watching the power rangers," reassured Coach Rice. "They don't know a thing."

"I saw that tunnel two goes to the ware house," stated another ooze man. "Is it the same place, where the ooze was found. It has been empty for months, but it wasn't safe to be in anyway. They built another ware house and the workers moved into it."

"The fourth tunnel comes out at the dump," informed Irwin. "That's how we're able to come into the city at night. It's near the construction site."

"Don't you need to be back at school?" asked an ooze man.

"I called Mr. Kaplan and told him I needed to go to an appointment," answered Coach Rice.

"Do you have the ware house guarded from the rangers?" asked Irwin.

"Yes," reassured Coach Rice. "I got all of the sewer alligators and sent them to the ware house. No one can go in there unless they are an ooze man. I also have detectors that go off, if an imposter tries to go in. I knew they power rangers may try to wear purple body suits or pose as us. So, I made sure that it is well protected. The meeting is over, lets get back to our places."

Tommy quickly helped Kimberly up and they quickly made their way back to room, that had all of the tunnels labeled. They quickly went through the first tunnel and it came out by the school. Their clothes were ruined and they knew they both needed to shower. Their communicators went off and Tommy answered it.

"Tommy, this is Willie. School has been called off early due to snow. Kat and I went to your locker room and got your clothes and your book bags," informed Willie.

"We've found a lot out about the ooze," answered Tommy.

"You'll never believe what we found out," added Kimberly.

"What did you find out, this Katherine. I'm with Willie," replied Kat.

"The ooze men are here in Angel Grove," stated Tommy. "We'll meet you at the command center as soon as I drive my car home."

"We've already had Alpha teleport your car home," informed Willie. "Kat and I saw you left the car keys in you pants pocket so we put them in your book bag. We will have everyone meet us at the command center."