For Kim and Jason what followed after going down, up and back down into the volcano felt like a blur, they were not conscious of fighting their friends, they knew who they were, the enemy. It was only when Leigriot and his wife had overcome Maligore's spell that Kim was quickly and acutely aware of everything; for Jason things took a little longer. After being flown backwards from the volcano well he was neither Jason nor the evil servant.
Kim was doing her best to kick some Piratharton butt, she still had her moves and the adrenaline rush was helping, but she had been grabbed by some of them, she struggled in their grip when she heard a voice
"Excuse me" said Jason politely whist tapping one on the shoulder, the pirathatron looked at him, Jason grabbed his arm and tossed him aside with ease. This gave Kim the opportunity to kick the other one away
"Why, thank you" said Kim
"Any time" smiled Jason as Kim playful batted his chest, nothing currently needed or could be said, they separated to deal with some more Pirathatrons, bad guys first.
The hall started to shake causing lots of people to start exiting in fear of the place collapsing, Kim and Jason managed to get Lerigiot and his family to safety whilst the rangers went to find their zords. They found Bulk and Skull outside huddled together in a crevasse just outside the entrance; gathering everyone up as they headed away from the temple they came to a clearing, Jason could see the power rangers' zord's transform and merge together, his heart ached that he couldn't be up there with them.
"We are safe here for now" he sighed gathering his breath
"I don't think I like the pink" said Kim scrunching her face up "the crane was much better"
"Oh don't get wrong my t-rex was cool, but I bet those cars are as quick as anything" surmised Jason looking up at the megazord. "Kim sit down rest" ordered Jason looking for somewhere good, he found a rock to lean his back against as he offered Kim a hand, she took it and sat between his legs on the floor; they could all still see the battle between the rangers and Maligore.
"It feels odd being on this side of the zord" sighed Kim quietly
"Yh, it does" sighed Jason hugging Kim tight, he looked at Bulk and Skull neither seemed to be watching the battle, they were laying in a sun bathing pose eyes closed "Well hopefully Zordon can sort out their minds so they don't remember this"
"He and Alpha will find a way" said Kim turned her head to look at him
"Looks like we can't tell Tommy in private"
"He's not stupid from what we overheard Divatox saying, he would have figured it out"
"Yeah, but he still is owed hearing it from us Kim" said Jason, Kim nodded "Oh, I think volcano dude is going!" cried Jason jumping up, Kim stood up just as Maligore went backwards off the cliff into the ocean
"Bad guy nil, power rangers….. ah I give up with who many monsters we have dealt with" shrugged Kim throwing her hands up, Jason laughed
"Come on we need to get to the zord" Jason turned to start getting Bulk and Skull up, Kim went for Lergoit and his family.
The zord and the group were getting closer to each other, the group entered a clearing
"Hey guys" came Tommy's voice over the PA "How about a lift?" the zords left hand came down and gently rested in front of them, Kim and Jason lead the way on board.
Walking up the corridor of the Zord wasn't easy, the way was narrow and not really designed for the task. At the top the group was met up Tommy, Kat and Justin still fully suited
"Ok they are safe, let's go home" said Tommy over the internal comms system
"You don't need to stay fully suited man" started Jason to Tommy in a low voice "Bulk and Skull won't remember anything when Alpha is finished" Tommy didn't move but Kat standing next to him removed her helmet
"It's nice to see you both again" smiled Kat "And I am glad you didn't get roasted"
"Thanks, hey sorry for attacking you in the temple" said Kim meekly
"Oh don't worry, I know you weren't you" returned Kat moving in to hug Kim
"I thought we weren't supposed to tell people who we were?!" cried Justin confused, Tommy removed his helmet
"Justin, Kim and Jason used to be power rangers, they are bound the same code you are" explained Tommy, Justin now followed Tommy and Kat's lead removed his helmet
"Where's Rocky?" asked Kim confused
"Rocky had an accident in training for the karate fight" began Kat
"Doing a spinning heal he managed to launch himself out of the boxing ring, he landed on his back, he'll be fine but just not time for the competition" said Justin down beat
"The shelter means a lot to Justin" added Kat putting an arm around him
"Well you don't have to worry, we got your letter Kat, we were coming to see if we could help" said Jason happily
"May be Jason could take Rocky's place" suggested Kim, Justin's face broke into a huge smile, Tommy didn't look happy, Jason clocked the look
"Kim makes a good point, I know how you and Adam work, we don't want to let the kids down" Kim smiled at her boyfriend nervously
"Kat, Justin why don't you get Lergiot and Bulk and Skull settled in for our trip back" the look in Tommy's face told Kat it wasn't a suggestion; Kat motioned for Justin to lead the way, Bulk and Skull followed with Kat bringing up the rear
"Tommy…" began Kim but she got cut off
"How long have you two being seeing each other?" said Tommy angrily, his emotions where boiling over.
"About a week after she sent you the letter" answered Jason
"I don't believe you!" snapped Tommy
"Well it is the truth, Jason turned up two days before the Pan Global final" said Kim defensively
"I came over to tell her how I felt, but how I respected the fact that you two where still together" jumped in Jason, he not only needed to defend Kim but also himself
"So there wasn't anyone else when you wrote the letter?" asked Tommy a little calmer, it wasn't the done thing for a ranger to be angry.
"Not a person no" whispered Kim, this wasn't how she had wanted to explain things to him and certainly not in a Zord after being rescued from being monster munchies. "I didn't want to tell you here like this" as she looked around the inside of the zord
"Neither of us did" added Jason
"When I saw you two on the viewing global, I assumed you dumped me for Jason"
"I hadn't" crocked Kim "please believe me" Tommy didn't seem to be accepting Kim's explanation "You coming to Switzerland and asking Jason to be the gold ranger, that was a shock for everyone" shock came across Tommy's face
"You were in Switzerland?" confirmed Tommy, Kim nodded as a tear rolled down her cheek "Why did you not tell me then?" he asked Jason
"You said it was urgent, we weren't expecting you and how could I tell you that at that point in time?" said Jason throwing his hands up
"You had plenty of time after you arrived to tell me!" cried Tommy getting into Jason's face, the two of them were equally matched in size, build and skill, Kim feared the consequences in an all-out fight
"I wanted both of us to be here and to be honest with you, taking Jason away without a single word in the middle of night kind of put a dent in our relationship for a while" hissed Kim, she was now getting riled, Tommy backed off, he took a moment to process the information "I am sorry we didn't find a way to tell you sooner, I just really didn't know the best way to do so" Kim's voice had softened a little.
"So Emily was what?" asked Tommy to Jason, Kim wasn't surprised and Tommy could see it, she had been told about Emily
"It was one date when Kim and me weren't on speaking terms, once we started talking I kept Emily at arm's length and told her that day on the beach" Things had clearly got a bit messed up and everyone was doing their best to sort it all out, Kat appeared from round the corner
"No wonder Emily looked so upset when I saw her a few days after" said Kat softly
"How much did you hear?" asked Kim to her successor
"Most of it" said Kat meekly "we have all changed since taking on the power, grown and developed, nothing stays the same forever and whilst these changes hurt, it doesn't mean that we can't all still be friends" Tommy smiled at Kat, she always had a way to smooth things over it was one of the many things he loved about her. Her words softened him as well as Kim and Jason
"Kim" began Tommy after a short silence, she looked at him she was ready for more arguing "loosing you hurt me, and I think in some ways it always will but I won't stand in the way of you being happy; I just hope that I can still be a part of both of your lives" he offered an open arm to hug her, Kim looked to Jason before she walked towards him
"You are the kind of person and friend I want to keep in my life" she whispered, Tommy smiled as she let him go; Jason and Tommy shook hands whilst Kat nodded her approval at Kim.
"Jase, just promise me you'll look after her" Tommy's voice was serious
"Always man" said Jason giving a single nod of his head "I fear you more" they laughed
"And it would be great if you could take Rocky's placed at the competition" offered Tommy, Jason nodded
"Now we have that sorted, how about a tour of this zord?" asked Jason cheekily "Kim doesn't like the pink car"
"Really Kim?" asked Kat in a mock hurt tone, they turned to see Kim wobbling, her eyes glazing over, Jason and Tommy both rushed forwards to catch her.
"Babe?" said Jason as she went down to the floor, his voice barely registering with her mind
"Justin!" shouted Kat, Jason scooped Kim up
"Follow me" said Tommy getting up and heading the way Kat had come from "It's not like Kim to be like this"
"No but she hasn't been feeling well of late" said Jason full of concern
"How come?" asked Kat
"She's not been eating right, tired all the time" explained Jason
"The adrenaline has probably worn off" surmised Tommy as he led them into a small room, Kat grabbed some blankets as Jason put her on the floor. Jason maneuvered himself behind her with his back against the wall as Kat covered Kim a blanket
"We'll get Alpha to take a look at her when we get back" whispered Tommy "Adam is pushing the zord as quickly as he can" Tommy ran from room and nearly knocked Justin clean off his feet
"Is she going to be ok?" he asked, Jason looked at him concern on his face
"I am sure she will be Zordon and Alpha will know what do to" said Kat quietly, in truth if Jason was being honest it was them and Billy that he trusted. They all felt a rumble and the zord shake a little "I guess Tommy has told Adam to push it a little harder"
"We are all rangers, so we have all got to stick together" said Kat.
8 bright beams of light landed in the command centre
"Rangers it good to see you all safe" greeted Zordon "We are pleased that you managed to rescue Lergiot and your friends"
"Kim isn't well Zordon" said Tommy urgently, Zordon looked at the group noticing Jason cradling Kim
"Alpha begin a scan immediately"
"ay aiai, right away" Jason followed Alpha, the command centre was familiar to him and he knew where to go
"Rangers whilst Alpha sees to Kimberly, will you settle Lergiot and his family in one of rooms please"
"Where are Bulk and Skull?" asked Tanya noticing neither of them where in the main chamber
"They are in one of rooms in the lower levels" answered Zordon, without questioning further the rangers moved Lergiot and his family into a side room off the main chamber, leaving Jason standing by Kim whilst Alpha ran some scans. Jason heard footsteps from behind spinning round he was very surprised to see an old friend.